So went out to Kennedy for the Apollo 16- 40th Anniversary Event today and it was interesting. Overall very chaotic and IMO not what was advertised but I did enjoy most of it.. We started out having to get redirected from the original meeting location to a non advertised one due to 2 other tours leaving at the same time from the same gate (no comment) and found out once onboard they had no idea where they were going and when we'd be picking up the astronaut as apparently things were changing by the minute which eventually included 30 min sitting near the causeway...
After driving around pad 39A to find a specific piece of grass finally the shuttle van pulled up with 2 of the 3 astronauts (one bus apparently picked theirs up earlier..) only to find out the astronaut we were supposed to get changed (which I was VERY happy about as as much as I would've liked to hear Walt Cunningham (Apollo 7) I much preferred Dick Gordon (Apollo 12- one of my fav missions)
And what was advertised as a tour hosted by the astronaut became a 'Q & A' on the way to the Apollo Center.. Hearing that the Saturn 5 inside the Center was 'Dick's Rocket' as it was Apollo 18 which would've been his chance to moonwalk was interesting though...
Tom Stafford (Apollo 10)
Once we arrived at the Apollo Center we were rushed to the Lunar Theatre (where we proceeded to sit for 20 min) for the Panel Discussion...
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