Comments on: Cape Canaveral http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/cape-canaveral/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:24:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jim http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/cape-canaveral/#comment-1748 Jim Thu, 19 May 2005 01:44:56 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/cape-canaveral/#comment-1748 Just some updates to this thread: The images are of Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, FL, not Cape Canaveral Air Force Station across the Banana River. Two separate but adjoining facilities. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station has a museum of its own that is the home for the first US satellite launch and first manned launch: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.746006,-73.845001&spn=0.005139,0.008283&t=k&hl=en To Brian's remark: The rocket at the Visitor Complex is the Saturn IB, the Saturn V is enclosed in the building here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.746006-73.845001&spn=0.005139,0.008283&t=k&hl=en Jim Thompson did a good job on his annotated map! Just some updates to this thread:
The images are of Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, FL, not Cape Canaveral Air Force Station across the Banana River. Two separate but adjoining facilities.
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station has a museum of its own that is the home for the first US satellite launch and first manned launch: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
To Brian’s remark:
The rocket at the Visitor Complex is the Saturn IB, the Saturn V is enclosed in the building here: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
Jim Thompson did a good job on his annotated map!

]]> By: Brian Ralli http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/cape-canaveral/#comment-177 Brian Ralli Sat, 09 Apr 2005 06:41:52 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/cape-canaveral/#comment-177 This visitor center is pretty interesting: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Cape+Canaveral,Florida&ll=28.523844,-80.682081&spn=0.004946,0.007478&t=k&hl=en. You can see the Saturn V stack on the left and the Space Shuttle and Boosters on the UR. This visitor center is pretty interesting: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth. You can see the Saturn V stack on the left and the Space Shuttle and Boosters on the UR.

]]> By: PortablePaige http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/cape-canaveral/#comment-89 PortablePaige Fri, 08 Apr 2005 13:53:11 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/cape-canaveral/#comment-89 The Space Center looks huge from 15,000 ft (=altitude)! I can't imagine what its like on the ground, omg! I'm a skydiver and have never seen the building on ground, but from the air it is still huge (if that's even a word?!?). The run way is as wide as a football field and something like 3 miles long. From altitude, the runway is incredibly massive compared to our dinky (mostly known for skydiving and their airshow) airport in Titusville. Dinky but ooohh so nice. Just thought I would drop a line about the Space Center and give you an interpretation from a different angle. Best skydiving in FL some might argue :) At least the fastest jump plane, 7-8 minutes to 15,000ft! All skydives go to 15,000ft to give you a great view/little tour of the launch site, etc. The Space Center looks huge from 15,000 ft (=altitude)! I can’t imagine what its like on the ground, omg! I’m a skydiver and have never seen the building on ground, but from the air it is still huge (if that’s even a word?!?). The run way is as wide as a football field and something like 3 miles long. From altitude, the runway is incredibly massive compared to our dinky (mostly known for skydiving and their airshow) airport in Titusville. Dinky but ooohh so nice.

Just thought I would drop a line about the Space Center and give you an interpretation from a different angle. Best skydiving in FL some might argue :) At least the fastest jump plane, 7-8 minutes to 15,000ft! All skydives go to 15,000ft to give you a great view/little tour of the launch site, etc.

]]> By: jimthompson.org http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/cape-canaveral/#comment-58 jimthompson.org Fri, 08 Apr 2005 03:51:37 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/cape-canaveral/#comment-58 <strong>Google Sightseeing</strong> Google Sightseeing is a weblog with links to lots of interesting places in Google Maps. Some of the more interesting sights to see are Las Vegas, the launch pads at Kennedy Space Center, and Area 51 (I can hear the whistling of the X Files theme as I t... Google Sightseeing

Google Sightseeing is a weblog with links to lots of interesting places in Google Maps. Some of the more interesting sights to see are Las Vegas, the launch pads at Kennedy Space Center, and Area 51 (I can hear the whistling of the X Files theme as I t…

]]> By: Jim Thompson http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/cape-canaveral/#comment-47 Jim Thompson Fri, 08 Apr 2005 02:19:22 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/07/cape-canaveral/#comment-47 This is one of the first things I searched for when I started Google sightseeing. If you zoom back a little, you can see the complex of buildings where the orbiter is processed and stacked, and the runway where it lands. I put an annotated screengrab on my Flickr page if you'd like to take a look: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimthompson/8761295/ This is one of the first things I searched for when I started Google sightseeing. If you zoom back a little, you can see the complex of buildings where the orbiter is processed and stacked, and the runway where it lands. I put an annotated screengrab on my Flickr page if you’d like to take a look: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimthompson/8761295/

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