Monuments of Our Capitol (Washington, DC) – July 2007

 My Mum took these pictures when she visited the area.  Our nations’ capitol has a number of great monuments honoring historical people of high caliber.  These include the Washington Monument (complete with reflecting pool), the memorials to Lincoln and Jefferson, and the remembrance wall for the soldiers killed in Vietnam.  Even the Capitol Building itself hold particular significance.  These are important things if you have the opportunity to visit them, you should do so.  This is especially true today (as I write this over a decade later) as the Socialist Fascists are on the rise in our country which want to erase the deeds of these great individuals from history.  No matter what your political leanings may be, you should always honor and remember history, as well as the trials and tribulations, and good and the bad, because it’s the greatest treasure we have.  It should be protected at all costs.

NASA Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX) – June 2009

 Officially this is known as the “Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center,” and when you’re traveling on the south side of Houston it’s not hard to miss.  This is one of those “must see” places you need to go, even if you have to travel a bit to get there.  One of the first things you notice when coming upon the campus is a huge building which houses the last remaining Saturn V rocket (turned on its side, of course).  For many years this sat out in the open until enough threats of devastating weather wisely forced them to construct the building around it.  The rocket is broken up buy its “stages” so you ca get a peek inside, and understand how massive this is.

 Inside is the actual Mission Control used for the Apollo missions, and mock-ups of the interior of the space shuttle.  At the time when these pictures were taken, there was a new module being made for the International Space Station which the astronauts would have the opportunity to get familiar with.  Throughout the museum portion are many interesting displays dealing with America’s space program, which are too numerous to mention here.  Even the pictures only showed a small portion of what there was to see here.  This was why I recommended you take the opportunity to experience this first-hand.