The “Visiting places mentioned in MASH” plan didn’t quite work out(because I’d need to cross the (slightly) less eventful central states of the US), so I decided to go further south to visit the Marshall space flight center in Huntsville, AL for a fix of space race-era hardware.

And THAT was one of those few experiences you can only have in the US.. Sure, we’ve got the European space agency over here, but it doesn’t have the rich history of NASA and the space race, some of which could be seen here in person.

Destin over at Smarter Every Day has a few videos from there, if you’re interested.

Space shuttle dummy

Saturn V computer

Saturn V rocket