MSFC Tours are back

SpaceCanada · Post by **SpaceCanada** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 3:58 pm

Per Vincent's post on the main page, it looks like tours of Marshall Space Flight Centre are back. I remember these from when I was a youth and how much fun they were. The picnic afterwards was a great time too, a fun time to bond with your team and counsellors in a more casual setting - great memories were made that day! (No word on whether the picnics are back...)

Only one drawback, tours are limited to US citizens only!

What will the rest of us (non-Americans) do instead?

p51 · Post by **p51** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 5:05 pm

Still havent' heard if they're part of camp now or not.
Especially with adult camp which is only 3 days, would they take several hours out of that short timeframe?
I wanna do the tour no matter what, just want to know so I can plan on adding a day at either end to do the tour as a walk-on and not as a camp attendee...

Hotdog · Post by **Hotdog** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 10:01 pm

As I recall, the Marshall tours took only a couple of hours out of your Camp time. This was a nice break from the usual "free time" you got to roam the museum. I'll have to break out my old camp schedules to see exactly how much time was actually allotted to this activity.

Buses ran all the time, and MSFC and Redstone are extremely close to the Rocket Center. Tours back in the heyday took you to SpaceLab mission control (now ISS mission control), the Redstone test stand (Natl. Historic Landmark), the F1 and SSME test stand, the neutral buoyancy tank (NASA underwater astronaut trainer), the dynamic test stand, and a few different hangers where you might have seen Boeing space station module mockups or other shuttle hardware depending on what was going on at NASA at the time.

Somehow I doubt the new MSFC tours will be as inclusive, but let's give them time to get things going.

Conan · Post by **Conan** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:09 am

As I recall, a couple of times the Marshall tour was an optional after-graduation event. That way, it did not impact the schedule at all.

p51 · Post by **p51** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:54 am

Conan wrote:As I recall, a couple of times the Marshall tour was an optional after-graduation event. That way, it did not impact the schedule at all.

Sounds perfect to me. Either way, I'm so going!

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 6:46 pm

Looking to forward to see everything on the tour again!!

Hotdog · Post by **Hotdog** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:34 pm

Steve,

We have a small Hab1 group getting together on Sat July 21 to take the tour if you are interested. See the thread http://habforum.hab1.com/viewtopic.php?t=2430

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 5:54 pm

Sure, that sounds great! I only live couple hours away form Huntsville. Please give me some details, sure love to come. Thanks for asking.

Hotdog · Post by **Hotdog** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 10:40 pm

So far it's just me, you, WesL, Richasi and maybe Airkale from here at Hab1. I haven't called to see what times the bus tours will be running that Saturday, but I figured I'd try to plan around a 1:00 or 2:00 tour. Stay tuned to this thread for for more details, and feel free to make any suggestions.

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 6:37 am

Ok thanks. I may have a friend would like to come too. Looking forward to coming. In the past I enjoyed the tour years ago. Thanks again

Hotdog · Post by **Hotdog** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:00 am

Awesome. The more the merrier!

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 6:04 pm

I'm in!

Hotdog · Post by **Hotdog** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 2:08 am

Yay! Welcome aboard Benji.

Now if we could just get Vincent to go with us...

Post by **Vincent** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:18 am

It's too soon!

airkale · Post by **airkale** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:57 pm

Hey, what is the update on this? Are we still on track for saturday?

Hotdog · Post by **Hotdog** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:13 pm

Yes sir. I'm coming down Friday night. Tours are at 11:00 and 2:00 on Saturday. I think we're shooting for the 2:00 tour to give everyone time to arrive. They were supposed to call me back about reserving a group, but I never got the call today so I'm going to call back tomorrow.

Hotdog · Post by **Hotdog** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:22 pm

Ok guys here's the deal. I have purchased FIVE spots for the 2:00 tour on Saturday. So far, we have me, Wes, Benji and Steve from Hab1 as definates. Richard and Kale are still maybe's. Who wants ticket #5?

Cost is $32. Includes museam admission and a movie. You can pay me cash when we board the bus. I can either hold your ticket for you, or I can leave them at the ticket counter for you to pick up at your leisure. Let me know what you want to do.

*** Make sure you bring a valid drivers license and are a US Citizen or they won't let you on the bus ***

Looking forward to seeing you all on Saturday!

Hotdog · Post by **Hotdog** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 5:32 pm

This just in: I no longer have reservations for the bus tour and museum! Everyone will have to get their own tickets for the 2:00 tour due to security reasons. Please show up early (I would recommend noon) to reserve your spot.

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