I just returned from the sun and surf of Satellite Beach, South of Cocoa Beach, where I was busy formulating a couple of blog post ideas. The sun and surf provided a good excuse to take a vacation week to see the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavor and to take a tour of Kennedy Space Center.
My overwhelming sense is that the infrastructure at KSC/Cape Canaveral AFS contemplated very big hardware. Shuttle is the overshadowed runt little brother of Saturn V. Once Shuttle is retired, and assuming that SpaceX doesn't have its Saturn V-replacement BFR ready to launch, the scale of operations mismatch will be quite a bit more stark than it is already.
Since KSC/Cape Canaveral is so heavily visited, I'm not sure that my other impressions are particularly unique or noteworthy. I will not post my further impressions here, but please drop me a line if you have any questions.
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