The Saturn V restoration looks nearly complete. The only way you'd know they were still working on it was the clear plastic drop cloths draped over large areas of it. There were enough holes in them though for you to get a very clear view over the major components. The one thing I'd like to see though is a lunar module packed up in its transition area. At the present it's just empty. It appears a used Apollo command module is atop the heap since it seems scorched from reentry right now.
I have to tell you though. The young woman that was stationed in the building to answer questions wasn't very astute. I asked her about the eventual fate of the 3rd stage on the moon missions. I'd been telling the kids that it would've had to continue on past the moon (or been crashed into it) and probably go into an orbit of its own around the sun after it was used to push the Apollo spacecraft out of Earth orbit. This girl insisted it simply fell out of Earth orbit with the rest of the booster parts. She clearly didn't have the big picture.
I also love the shuttle flight deck mockup. I didn't know Bean had created the mural.
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