A couple of days ago I got off early and decided to finally show the kids where I work. Yes, that mysterious place where they drop me off some mornings, and cannot go further because they lack a government security clearence and I don’t. I strapped them in their car seats, grabbed my SUPER AWESOME camera, and headed in. For the record, the kids can go into the Johnson Space Center with no badge if they are under 17 and if their parent has one.

Here are some pics. Enjoy!

Leo in the Mission Control Center, me having trouble with my camera...

To the mothership!

"Ok guys, it seems pretty easy. Just don't touch the RED BUTTON!"

Munchkins in front of the Moon Rover in Building 9

Moon Rover from the back - note the space suit. The point is that a suited astronaut can sit there in the open environment of space and do stuff while another one sits inside, in a pressurized cabin, and drives it.

Looking forward...

No comment.

Future engineer of America!

If you look closely into the helmet visor, you'll see all three of us.

Go Soyuz!!! (Can you imagine that three people can fit into that little thing?

Vierra contemplates Robonaut prototype (the real one is on the Space Station)

Can you just see it now...

I wrote another post on NASA here , there are lots of pictures there too, and more verbiage than in this post :).