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T O P I C R E V I E WRobert PearlmancollectSPACE New monument shines light on Houston suburb's link with NASAA Houston suburb is celebrating its 50-year connection to NASA with a monument designed to serve as a beacon for continued space exploration.The City of Nassau Bay, Texas, held a brief ceremony on Thursday (July 16) to dedicate the towering outdoor art installation, which stands at the corner of NASA Road 1 and Space Center Boulevard, adjacent to NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston. David CI think I see what they were trying to do, but from that angle to me I'm afraid I see something else and it's a fail. Got to be careful with abstract art. They should have made it sharp.SpaceAholicLooks like a sickle missing its hammer.OLDIESimilar idea to the space monument in Moscow, but the Moscow one is far superior in my view. Moscow reaches for the stars, whereas this one seems to have been somewhat blunted in its aim!Robert PearlmanThough I doubt it factored into the monument's design, Nassau Bay is the sister city of Star City in Russia.ManInSpaceSpaceAholic and OLDIE's comments reflect my initial impressions when first reading the article.olyLooking at the monument, and referring to the artist renderings, the design, to me, looks upside down, and would look better rising upward before arcing over (that is how most rocket launches go).JSC01Well we have been watching this piece under construction for a long while now. We had literally no idea what was going up. Thought it may have been some sort of sign. Lord knows I hate to say anything negative... but I don't get this at all. While undoubtedly cool at night, the average passerby (and I bet most folks working at NASA) will have no idea that they are looking at. I would have suggested some sort of signage to accompany it.Robert PearlmanToday, four years after it was erected, construction workers came out and removed the monument from where it stood. The Nassau Bay city council recently voted to have the monument torn down and replaced with a "Welcome to Nassau Bay, home of Astronauts" sign. According to one former council member, the previous installation was a "wasteful eyesore."
New monument shines light on Houston suburb's link with NASAA Houston suburb is celebrating its 50-year connection to NASA with a monument designed to serve as a beacon for continued space exploration.The City of Nassau Bay, Texas, held a brief ceremony on Thursday (July 16) to dedicate the towering outdoor art installation, which stands at the corner of NASA Road 1 and Space Center Boulevard, adjacent to NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston.
A Houston suburb is celebrating its 50-year connection to NASA with a monument designed to serve as a beacon for continued space exploration.
The City of Nassau Bay, Texas, held a brief ceremony on Thursday (July 16) to dedicate the towering outdoor art installation, which stands at the corner of NASA Road 1 and Space Center Boulevard, adjacent to NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston.
Lord knows I hate to say anything negative... but I don't get this at all. While undoubtedly cool at night, the average passerby (and I bet most folks working at NASA) will have no idea that they are looking at. I would have suggested some sort of signage to accompany it.
The Nassau Bay city council recently voted to have the monument torn down and replaced with a "Welcome to Nassau Bay, home of Astronauts" sign. According to one former council member, the previous installation was a "wasteful eyesore."
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