My daughter, wife and I went to Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral today. I have not been in like 12 years and a lot has changed.

For one the visitors center is huge now, with lots of shows and activities. Like the New Shuttle Launch Experience. It is a simulator of a Shuttle launch. Really well done. Now you might be thinking that it was scary. But not so much, it was more Star Tours than Mission Space. Really there are no G-Forces, a little but not to many. Mission Space with its 4 G's is way more intense. But This sim was not designed to knock your socks off, it was designed to teach you about the Shuttle and how it works.

Also they have a bunch of show as, like a Robot Show Showcasing the Mars Lander and other robotic that NASA is developing.

We also saw an astronaut, who was on 2 Shuttle missions and was on hand for a lecture, autographs, photos and questions.

There is also the bus tour. Now if you have been to KSC in the past, you might rewcall that the bus tour was this three hour tour that took you all around the facilities. The tour showed you many things that NASA was working on. Now the bus tour shuttles you from the Visitors Center, to three stops. With a little naration along the way.

The first stop is a gangway that over looks the two Shuttle launch pads. Since there is a launch in a few weeks we got to see a shuttle on the pad which is cool. Gift shop, cafe, small museum.

The second stops is the Saturn V rocket. The largest rocket in the world. The one that took all those Appolo missions up to space. It is in this huge hangar with lots of interesting displays around it. A lunar lander, the lunar rover, and others. Gift Shop Cafe ...

The last stop I did not have time for, is the Space Station Processing Center. This is supposed to be the place that they get all of the components for the Space Station ready. And you can see the people working.

Over all a wonderfull experience. And only an hour or so from Disney, so if you have an extra day give it a whirl. But one word of caution. This is a men/boys place. You see I went with my daughters girl scout troop. And the girls lost interest every step of the way. Science and space do not mix with little girls. So if your little ones are not interested in rockets and space, be prepared to have a lot of whining and not to much interest.