There are many places to visit in the United States, but to my mind two stand out above all others. They are Grand Canyon, and the Kennedy Space Center, which will be referred to hereafter as the “KSC”. The first is awe-inspiring for its natural beauty and grandeur: the second for the unparalleled achievements that it encompasses. Who would have imagined a scant century ago that today Mankind would be flying everywhere, at unimaginable speeds? Maybe Jules Verne, but very few others. Nobody would have believed even 60 years ago that men would actually walk on the Moon, and that a man-made “Space Station” would orbit our planet continuously 200 miles above us, providing opportunities for research and development not available down here on Earth. These are the two most significant things that the KSC celebrates,
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