It was a Tuesday, on September 22nd, 2015, I claimed my seat by the window of a Southwest plane, and leaned down to shove my large purple bag below my seat. I had put my headphones over my ears to escape the noises of the world around me. I turned my head to my dad and brother Taylor, they were adjusting to get comfortable, and then I rotated the opposite way to stare out the tiny window. It was a sunny afternoon, I was already thrilled to get out of high school, and to go to Florida was even better! I haven’t been to Florida in over 7 years and before that my family used to go every year. There were many things I missed about Florida such as the hot weather, the sunny days and listening to wind blowing through the palm tree leaves. I already
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In front was a beautiful water fountain tribute that had a quote from John F. Kennedy that said, “For the eyes of the world now look into space, to the moon and to the planets beyond, and we have vowed that we shall not see it governed by a hostile flag of conquest, but by a banner of freedom and peace.” The fountain was long and beautiful, with palm trees lined up behind. The back wall curved up from left to right and over a dozen miniature water fountains popped up from the dark grey marble. There were many individual museums of space history in the area that we would check out later, but we first wanted to go on one of the shiny white tourist buses around Cape Canaveral. I sat by the large clear window and Mom sat in the seat next to me. The bus had small monitors for educational purposes. The man driving the bus with his headset was also giving us facts and pointing out the different things. I remember, the bus driver told us, “We are approaching the guards and they don’t like when you take pictures, please don’t take …show more content…
I was amazed how they presented the shuttle, they projected a small clip of the history and the last scene was ‘Where is it now?’ Shortly after, the black curtains opened from down the middle and it was faced in our direction, exactly what it was shown like in the clip. Atlantis had a worn out, scratchy exterior, and was tilted down to the right side for the tourists to observe the inner hollow shell. Also to the right in that same room was a replica of the Hubble Space Telescope. I already had some prior knowledge of the legendary telescope, though I never knew how gigantic it was. “I guess, you never know how big things are until you see them in person,” I mumbled to myself.
There was a narrow hallway and on my right side there was a washed out orange wall with grey letters sticking out. When I took a step back to look at it better, and it was a quote in bold letters that said “The sky calls to us.” Below in small print indicated that it was from Carl Sagan. The quote was simple, yet it meant a lot to me. I grabbed my phone out of my back pocket and snatched a quick picture. I completely agree with it now; humans are curious creatures and there is much more to explore in space. That 's what makes space so
In front was a beautiful water fountain tribute that had a quote from John F. Kennedy that said, “For the eyes of the world now look into space, to the moon and to the planets beyond, and we have vowed that we shall not see it governed by a hostile flag of conquest, but by a banner of freedom and peace.” The fountain was long and beautiful, with palm trees lined up behind. The back wall curved up from left to right and over a dozen miniature water fountains popped up from the dark grey marble. There were many individual museums of space history in the area that we would check out later, but we first wanted to go on one of the shiny white tourist buses around Cape Canaveral. I sat by the large clear window and Mom sat in the seat next to me. The bus had small monitors for educational purposes. The man driving the bus with his headset was also giving us facts and pointing out the different things. I remember, the bus driver told us, “We are approaching the guards and they don’t like when you take pictures, please don’t take …show more content…
I was amazed how they presented the shuttle, they projected a small clip of the history and the last scene was ‘Where is it now?’ Shortly after, the black curtains opened from down the middle and it was faced in our direction, exactly what it was shown like in the clip. Atlantis had a worn out, scratchy exterior, and was tilted down to the right side for the tourists to observe the inner hollow shell. Also to the right in that same room was a replica of the Hubble Space Telescope. I already had some prior knowledge of the legendary telescope, though I never knew how gigantic it was. “I guess, you never know how big things are until you see them in person,” I mumbled to myself.
There was a narrow hallway and on my right side there was a washed out orange wall with grey letters sticking out. When I took a step back to look at it better, and it was a quote in bold letters that said “The sky calls to us.” Below in small print indicated that it was from Carl Sagan. The quote was simple, yet it meant a lot to me. I grabbed my phone out of my back pocket and snatched a quick picture. I completely agree with it now; humans are curious creatures and there is much more to explore in space. That 's what makes space so