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Topic: KSC Visitor Complex (FL): NAA memorial bench
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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-29-2014 10:39 AM
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex release Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Hosts Dedication Ceremony In Honor of North American Aviation's Contributions to U.S. Space ProgramNorth American Aviation will be recognized for its many contributions to the nation's space program with the dedication of a memorial granite bench located in the Rocket Garden at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. North American Aviation (NAA), which was founded in the 1920s, eventually merged with Rockwell and then became a part of Boeing. NAA's space division built the Apollo command and service modules, the Saturn S-II stage, and the six space shuttle orbiters. NAA had major involvement in every human space program, including Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Spade Shuttle and the International Space Station. The Rocket Garden at the Visitor Complex is a fitting location for the memorial bench as every one of the vehicles on display there was outfitted with NAA hardware. Similar black granite memorial benches can be found at the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio and the U.S. Air Naval Museum in Pensacola, Fla. The dedication ceremony, which is not open to the public, will be held on Thursday (Oct. 2) with: - Lee Solid, Memorial Coordinator, North American Aviation Retirees
- Robert Cabana, Kennedy Space Center Director
- Robert Springer, former space shuttle astronaut
- Therrin Protze, Chief Operating Officer, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
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Blackarrow Member Posts: 3120 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 09-29-2014 03:21 PM
I clicked on this thinking it was referring to a "Neil A Armstrong memorial bench." I'm slightly relieved. A memorial bench just doesn't seem remotely adequate for the first man on the Moon. | |
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