NASA has a research facility here. Did you know that? And they have a couple of museums on the NASA campus--one of them is free. Did you know that?!? Well, now you do. Saturday we took the kids over to the Ames Research Center to take a walk through the (free) NASA Exploration Center. It isn't very big but it has a bunch of pretty cool stuff--and it is free. We spent about 90 minutes walking around a big room with models of different space crafts, 3-D pictures from the Mars Rover, a slide show of the Hubble Telescope's greatest pictures/discoveries, a moon rock, space suits and the first craft sent up into space. (I know I say this about a lot of stuff but I cannot help it) The Exploration Center is WICKED COOL! Wyatt had the most fun because in between wanting to be a Mailman and a Cake Decorator he also wants to be an Astronaut. Check out the pictures:
The kids loved seeing the life size pictures through their 3-D glasses. Wyatt knew how the Mars Rover was powered--solar panels.
There was this totally hot guy there showing my kids all around the museum and talking like he graduated from MIT or something...smart and hot! I managed to sneak a picture of him with his 3-D glasses on. Pretty hunky, huh?
Did I mention the Astronaut cut outs you could stand behind to pretend you were walking on the moon? Say it with me folks: "Wicked cool, wicked cool."
3 comments:
my favorite...the astronaut cutouts.
That is great! You totally crack me up Cassie! Okay, it does sound wicked cool! And I think that my favorite part is that Wyatt wants to be a cake decorator as well as an astronaut! Is that enough exclamation points? Sometimes I feel like the exclamation points are just not enough. So here you go!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Because this is an awesome blog!
that IS wicked cool. we'll definitely have to go there.
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