Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ucsd!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!eecs.nwu.edu!phil From: phil@eecs.nwu.edu (William LeFebvre) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Visiting JSC: still possible? Message-ID: <3462@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> Date: 12 Feb 91 20:44:54 GMT References: <3338.27B0AC61@psycho.fidonet.org> Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu Reply-To: phil@eecs.nwu.edu (William LeFebvre) Organization: Northwestern University Lines: 34 In article <3338.27B0AC61@psycho.fidonet.org>, Nanook@psycho.fidonet.org (Keith Dickinson) writes: |> In a message posted by Daniel Fischer at 1:3610/75.0 on 05 Feb 91 you said: |> > |> > Did the Gulf Crisis affect the access of foreign (touristic) visitors to |> > the Johnson Space Center?... |> At this point in time, foreign visitors have complete access to the |> "Space Port Visitors Information Center" and the standard tours.... |> Just don't be caught inside the base without a badge if you aren't on |> a bus! Uhhh..... Isn't Space Port at KSC? The original poster was asking about JSC (the one in Houston). Last time I was there, they didn't use busses for their tours. :-) Seriously, I have heard (and it was just confirmed by a poster here) that all the interesting stuff at JSC is closed to visitors. This would be Mission Control in building 30, the shuttle mockups in building 9A, and the skylab exhibit in building 5. Although the stuff in building 2 (the museum) is interesting, it probably isn't worth making a special trip for. Although they do show some interesting movies in the auditorium. I don't know what I'd do if my wife was still working there. It was not uncommon for me (back in 1988-1989) to walk up to building 4, knock on her office window (first floor office), and meet her at the side door, all without being badged. At the time this was perfectly acceptable: visitors were allowed to walk around the outside areas freely. Nowadays security would probably kick me off-site if not arrest me. Sigh...... William LeFebvre Computing Facilities Manager and Analyst Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Northwestern University