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Top ten geek holiday destinations

By Nate Lanxon on 24 September 2007, 2:22pm

Location: Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
Reason to visit: Because it's a bloody spaceport 

Almost 20,000 people keep the Kennedy Space Center running, including the staff that peddle hats and whatnot in the visitor centres. Believe it or not, the spaceport is also a wildlife sanctuary. 

According to Wikipedia, the Space Center receives more lightning strikes than any other place in the US. NASA spends millions of dollars in an effort to prevent strikes during launch. 

The primary use of the Space Center is as launch pad for the NASA Space Shuttle, which was first thrown into space on a big tube of exploding petrol in 1981. Its next launch is very specifically scheduled for 11.38am EDT on 23 October.

Further Reading: here
Google Earth link: here
Google Maps link: here 

Source: Google Earth on

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