Topic: Kennedy Space Center press site countdown clock
Ronpur Member
Posts: 1211 From: Brandon, Fl Registered: May 2012
posted 02-25-2016 05:03 PM
quote:Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: The former Kennedy Space Center press site countdown clock is now operational again and on display outside the entrance to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
Is the clock located somewhere that visitors can get close to it, or only see it as they drive by? I would love photos in front of it.
cycleroadie Member
Posts: 452 From: Apalachin, NY USA Registered: May 2011
posted 02-25-2016 06:22 PM
Right by the ticket booths.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
NASA's historic countdown clock, which the space agency retired and replaced two years ago, has been restarted for a new audience of launch spectators.
Relocated from NASA's Kennedy Space Center press site, where it stood for more than four decades, to just outside the entrance to the Florida spaceport's visitor complex, the clock was used on Tuesday (March 1) to count down to its own rededication.
mikej Member
Posts: 481 From: Germantown, WI USA Registered: Jan 2004
posted 03-05-2016 08:49 AM
So, will the clock display the current time of day or will it continuously perform some sort of countdown (perhaps the time the until Visitor Center opens, to be reset to count down until closing time)?
Hart Sastrowardoyo Member
Posts: 3445 From: Toms River, NJ Registered: Aug 2000
posted 03-05-2016 10:02 AM
It wasn't displaying the current time of day yesterday. But to paraphrase the saying, I'm sure it was 1:00:19 somewhere...
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 03-05-2016 11:00 AM
If you were there yesterday, are you sure it wasn't counting down to the SpaceX SES-9 launch?
Hart Sastrowardoyo Member
Posts: 3445 From: Toms River, NJ Registered: Aug 2000
Posts: 1211 From: Brandon, Fl Registered: May 2012
posted 03-22-2016 07:40 PM
I saw it yesterday. When we arrived at 9 a.m. it was counting down at around 12 hours. But when we left at 1:30 it was holding at T-4 minutes.
posted 02-25-2016 05:03 PM
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