Day 7:

Day 7 was a very early start, at least for some of us. For those that wanted to (myself included), we left the hotel at 6 am for a run along Cocoa Beach. The sky was incredibly to clear; so much so that we could even see constellations in the sky (convenient considering the purpose of the trip). After a shower and some breakfast, we left the hotel on-route to the Kennedy Space Centre.

 

The centre had some amazing attractions; but the two highlights were without a doubt the Saturn V rocket and the Atlantis shuttle. The Saturn V here differed slightly from the one in Houston because to feature an additional piece on the third stage that the other didn’t. Again, I could help but marvel at its scale and complexity.  Space Shuttle Atlantis was just as incredible. It was amazing to think that this shuttle had done 135 missions; and still looked in good enough shape to do 100 more.

 

For dinner we when to an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet. But this wasn’t the end of the evening for us. From here, we were taken to a planetarium to what a presentation on stars and constellations; and the things you can identify just looking at the stars is mind blowing. We were also lucky enough to get to use their high powered telescope to view some amazing galaxies and stars; all of which being millions of light-years away. It’s just mental how much there is in space that we don’t even know about.

 

From there we returned to the hotel to get some much needed sleep.