Re: New Year's day at the Cape

From: Herb Schaltegger (herb.schaltegger_at_gmail.com.invalid)
Date: 01/03/05 

Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 22:01:25 -0600

In article <gsaht09s3ku1ts4ilrl38c20u6knk4m5ho@4ax.com>,
 Jud McCranie <youknowwhat.mccranie@adelphia.net> wrote:

> The Apollo/Saturn V center is great.
> That Saturn V is in a lot better shape than the one in Huntsville, and
> you can get a lot closer to it.

Really? Well, I guess it's not too surprising, as it has been
recently restored and put under a roof. When I worked in Huntsville
11 or 12 years ago, the Saturn V was in decent shape and you could
walk right up to it, as close as maybe four or five feet away. How
far away do you have to stand now? 

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