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Man, in what world is Clear Lake TX out in the middle of nowhere??

• tossaway1 10y ago
  Did you create an account just to make this comment???
  • kumarski 10y ago
    Oops.
    • kumarski 10y ago
      Oh, you meant the other guy
• thechao 10y ago
  In the '90s it was ... sort of out there. Especially getting all the way down NASA Rd1---it was at least 20 minutes combined getting down 45 and out to JSC. A lot of the astronauts lived in El Lago, Seabrook, etc., which definitely were way out there.
  • _JamesA_ 10y ago
    If only it took 20 minutes now. I used to visit JSC several times a year in the 80's and 90's ... until they locked it down and opened Space Center Houston. It never seemed that far 'out there' coming from the north side outer loop (610) compared to The Woodlands. OT but it was a pleasure to be able to park and roam the campus and enter most buildings (including Mission Control) on a self guided tour. Space Center Houston is terrible in comparison.
    • thechao 10y ago
      As kids we used to entertain ourselves on the JSC campus---they had the best junk: old shuttle parts, broken satellite antennas, x-plane canopies; you name it! I liked being able to roam around and just check out old mercury modules, etc. I know that this stuff needs to be maintained; thus, the ostensible reason for Space Center; but, that curated faux experience is not the NASA which inspired me.