![]() To get to the OPF roof we climbed an exterior ladder. (Former Space Shuttle hangers, now home to a Top Secret space plane, that I will not mention, despite the name being painted on the south door) The OPFs were a living sci fi story where the shuttles were inspected, tested, and refurbished (re-entry heat shield tiles replaced) These space ship garages were also shelter from the summer storms and brutal Florida heat that would damage sensitive equipment. I had seen both Prince Charles and Peter Frampton at OPF 1&2 (So I am impressed easily)įor non space junkies "OPF" is an acronym for "Orbiter Processing Facility" and the buildings were (and still are) sophisticated spacecraft maintenance hangars. The buildings were heavily guarded and 'the place for VIP visitors to the space center. OPF 3 was a stand alone building north of the VAB. (Shuttles Atlantis and Endeavor were processed for their next missions in OPF 1& 2) One summer day we were sent to trouble shoot equipment on the OPF roof.Īctually the 95 foot tall OPF 1&2 shared the same roof. From the Launch Control Center to the KSC visitor center Orbiter Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, the buildings were (and still are) sophisticated spacecraft maintenance hangars (Perhaps the page should be named "Sometimes I do stupid things")Īs a com techs we were dispatched to all areas of Kennedy Space Center, launch gantries to crawlerway tunnels. Weldon Spring Ordnance Works & Radioactive Waste.Eminent Domain of Busch Conservation Area. ![]() Oday Park OFallon wasting your tax dollars.Flooding and Erosion Caused by Oday Park.Native American artifacts found along the O'Day Creek.Broken oil pipeline on the O'Day Creek and a new O'Day Park.An odd marker discovered on Kennedy Space Center.Crayfish migration on Kennedy Space Center.Spanish Exploration of the Space Coast and Indian River Lagoon.Ais Native Americans of Kennedy Space Center.Bioluminescence paddling on the Space Coast.Kayaking and SUP races along the space coast.Not so typical Training weekend Mosquito Lagoon.The last space shuttle from Mosquito Lagoon.NASA Causeway, Banana River, Space Coast Florida.
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