Looking out into the Atlantic, one of the main launch platforms would have been behind me. According to our guide this little bunker was used to house sensitive equipment for detecting electricity in the air, as lightning is a grave threat to launches.
Birds!
That's the last of the space pictures, I took a few quick shots of birds outside my hotel a few days later on the same trip.
Off topic - Stone Ball
Instead of a boring fountain, the center had a map of the cosmos carved into a 2 ton granite sphere, suspended and slowly rotating on a water base. With enough force you could spin it a different direction!
Vehicle Assembly Plant
This building is where every NASA space vehicle is assembled. Again, the picture does no justice to the height of this building.
Apollo Guidelines
A list of mission status and abort codes from the Apollo era. View full size to read it.
Last November, I had the opportunity to visit the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, while visiting relatives living in the area.
