Titusville

We went to Titusville which is the port on the ICW closest to the Kennedy Space Center. We anchored off our first night there and then went into a marina. The marina was home for a fairly large number of manatees. Annette got up close and personal with this one.

We toured NASA's facilities one day and the next morning. We first went to the Kennedy Space Center with all its displays and booked a tour of the launch sites, especially A and B, where the the space shuttle is launched. The next morning we returned to go to the Astronaut Hall of Fame, where the early pioneers of space exploration are honored. Besides the technical aspects, NASA makes a contribution to the area by keeping it off limits to other human activity. That preserves and protects the natural environment from being developed. There are forty miles of unspoiled beaches where turtles lay their eggs. We also saw many alligators who reciprocate NASA's protection by providing additional security(at least that's what the tour guide claimed.)