by Stephanie Taylor
Astraea Press was almost called Rocket City
Publishing. True Story. Did you know that my city is filled with
rocket scientists? My preacher once said
he couldn’t make the joke, “It’s not rocket science” because 99% of the
audience was rocket scientists. That
definitely got a chuckle!
We are the second home to NASA, aside from
Cape Canaveral, FL. Many of the people
that live here aren’t actually from Huntsville, but rather other parts of the
world brought here by NASA or the military.
My husband is a mechanical engineer and worked on the new missile
program that was shut down six years ago.
So Huntsville isn’t exactly your “Sweet Home Alabama” city. Many people here don’t have an accent and our
technology rocks.
During the September 11th attacks, a terrorist list was released and little ‘ole Huntsville, Alabama was number THREE on the list of most wanted cities. Why? Because of our link to NASA and, well, we do have a gigantic rocket in the middle of our city. Right off the interstate. See?
We have the U.S. Space and Rocket Center
Museum, too. This is Huntsville’s main
attraction. There you can see actual
rockets, actual astronaut gear, buy astronaut food and ride in simulators and
much, much more.
Then we have our downtown area, called the
Big Spring Park. This where we used to
have the Big Spring Jam every fall.
We’ve had Taylor Swift, Collective Soul, Blake Shelton, Kenny Rogers and
many others.
It’s also the big photo op place around
town for engaged couples and people having a romantic date or children wanting
to feed ducks or fish.
That park is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWow! I knew nothing about your town before this post. Adding it to my bucket list of places to see. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteMy father was a technical writer for rocket ships. He would have loved Huntsville!
ReplyDeleteVery cool! who knew?
ReplyDeleteGorgeous pics! We're practically neighbors when we're Stateside. (Peach State resident here)
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