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  • davidjade36 days ago
    I was just there this week and it has of course changed a lot. I was also there in either 73 or 74 as a kid - the visitor center has also grown a lot since then.<p>Well worth the visit (and you really need two days to see everything - we spent 10 hrs and felt rushed and saw only about 75%). Even with the Disney-ified aspects (a few movie rides&#x2F;experiences and kids activities), it still seems a lot like a museum experience. The artifacts are amazing (like standing under a Saturn V, seeing equipment from the American first space walk, and then walking on the original (relocated) launch tower footbridge that the Apollo 11 astronauts used).<p>The three astronaut memorials were a bit of an emotional to see in person - pieces of Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia as well as tributes to all those who have sacrificed their lives in this pursuit.
    • alex113836 days ago
      The gantry for Apollo 1 is still there (not the museum but the actual place it was supposed to launch from). Photos of it are chilling
  • Coffeewine36 days ago
    Heh, it’s impossible for me to look at these without hearing the launch theme from Apollo 13 in my head. Such a glorious programme.
    • alex113836 days ago
      I like it but I really hate how they felt it &quot;added drama&quot; to put in a fictional argument<p>Swigert was nothing but capable and professional and nobody blamed him (even in anger) for the oxygen tank explosion
      • hypercube3335 days ago
        I think I read (on HN?) that the number 5 engine shutdown saved the spacecraft and it&#x27;s glazed over in the movie. I think they really didn&#x27;t pay a lot of attention to it but if it didn&#x27;t shut off it had a high probability of blowing up
  • alex113836 days ago
    General reminder that Artemis is due to launch by February