We headed straight into the Endeavour exhibit which took you through the story of the shuttle before you went to see it. There was a cool mission control spot which had monitors replaying take off sequences. I was really fascinated and it helped to have my resident aircraft/spacecraft interpreter to explain things as we went round.
Andrew absolutely loves the whole exhibit and clearly got too excited at points. In fact there was discussion of trying to replicate the tiles from the photo above in our bathroom. Apparently they are very cool and he loved the fact they were numbered/sequenced. He even thought as an organising geek I would agree that it was cool. I didn't. There's too much aircraft stuff invading the house as it is without space shuttle bathroom tiles!
We then did a brief wander around the rest of the science center, focusing mainly on the air travel sections. It was here that I found my coolest thing. I particularly liked the spray pattern on this re-entry capsule. I wouldn't have it in my house mind you, but it looked pretty!
After a 3D IMAX experience about humpback whales we then had a wander around the rest of the park. We saw the rose garden, the Natural History museum and even the coliseum which was used for the Olympic games in 1932.
We really wanted to look closer at the coliseum but as the Special Olympic world games were starting up in just over a weeks time the area was closed off due to preparations. So we decided to wander around the University of Southern California campus as it was also a site for the games. It was a beautiful campus with some impressive buildings but we realised we took no photos of it. Sorry.
So there we go, a quick round up of some of our LA tourist spots. Up next, Imagine Dragons!
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Then we got our first glimpse of the shuttle. It was huge. No photograph really does it justice. It literally took my breath away and I am definitely not a space cadet!
Andrew absolutely loves the whole exhibit and clearly got too excited at points. In fact there was discussion of trying to replicate the tiles from the photo above in our bathroom. Apparently they are very cool and he loved the fact they were numbered/sequenced. He even thought as an organising geek I would agree that it was cool. I didn't. There's too much aircraft stuff invading the house as it is without space shuttle bathroom tiles!
We then did a brief wander around the rest of the science center, focusing mainly on the air travel sections. It was here that I found my coolest thing. I particularly liked the spray pattern on this re-entry capsule. I wouldn't have it in my house mind you, but it looked pretty!
After a 3D IMAX experience about humpback whales we then had a wander around the rest of the park. We saw the rose garden, the Natural History museum and even the coliseum which was used for the Olympic games in 1932.
We really wanted to look closer at the coliseum but as the Special Olympic world games were starting up in just over a weeks time the area was closed off due to preparations. So we decided to wander around the University of Southern California campus as it was also a site for the games. It was a beautiful campus with some impressive buildings but we realised we took no photos of it. Sorry.
So there we go, a quick round up of some of our LA tourist spots. Up next, Imagine Dragons!
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