Sunday, November 4, 2012

Birthday Trip to NASA - Part 3

What was Rai's favorite part of the weekend? Seeing the real Saturn V rocket! I don't think he believed Tony when he explained that the rocket is as big as the building ... until we got inside. This rocket uses 5 massive engines to get it off the ground until the bottom stage comes off, and the middle section's 3 massive engines continue this boost into space. Then, the middle section comes off and exposes the final section's one massive engine. Finally, we saw the capsule which houses the astronauts.

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