On a recent trip to the Kennedy Space Center we arrived just after sunrise even though the park wouldn’t open until 9. We wanted to make sure we could get it all in by closing time at 5 p.m., and there was already a long line. We picked up a daily schedule as we passed through the entrance, which enabled us to decide which experiences were most important to us and make sure we got to do them. We planned to alternate walking tours with seated events so as not to tire.
Here it is possible to learn about the wonders of more than a half-century of inventions by scientists and the men and women who pioneered the vast unknown. We began our day’s adventure in the Rocket Garden, where a guide told us the history of the nine rockets now retired there. Launches by private companies occur fairly often, and it’s possible to buy tickets to be present, although the weather and atmospheric conditions mean that the schedule is tentative and flights are often postponed.
