This is a Saturn V engine, 5 were used on the first stage of the booster in the Apollo program. The Center is also a refurbishment center for NAOO weather buoy's (left) anchored in the Gulf. It also has the largest concentration in the US of oceanographers.
How about a thermal image of us and me about to leave the planet?
Werner Von Braun's office and a moon rock.
This is a "test station" used for the Saturn booster engines in the 60s and for the space shuttle engines today.
Today we made the 35 mile trip into Mississippi to NASA's Stennis Space Center. Five small towns and all the residents were relocated in 1963 for the center to be built. When the Saturn engines were tested a small earthquake registers in Batan Rouge, LA. Today it tests all the space shuttles main engines as well as engines for all future spacecraft. There was an interesting video and display of the 2000 residents that were relocated, one old lady refused to go unless her house was moved. She sat on her porch in a rocking chair as her small old house was trucked down the road! The center is also hosts Navy Seals and many oceanographers and weather forecasters. There was also an interesting video and display on hurricane Katrina, the center housed many local residents during the storm.
Judy and I tried to land the space shuttle, we were 0 for 4 attempts in their simulator. The last noise you hear after you crash is a tinny hub cap rolling.
Tonight we went out with 4 other couples from the park for a good Mexican supper.
