On Saturday, we hopped onto the metro and visited the National Air and Space museum. Free fun! It was a hot day, but the metro and museum are air conditioned. The museum is only about two blocks from the metro station.
Karl on the metro. It's a very pleasant, short ride.
We spent some time in the "beginnings of flight" area, and learned about record-breaking flights of .6 miles.
We spent the most time in the "space exploration" section of the museum. It's funny how the museum has changed since Karl and I were children. The US/Russian "space race" is more downplayed now. They removed the nuclear warheads that used to be so prominent. In their place is part of a collaborative space station between the US and Russia. I did notice that the US side (left) is bigger, though.
Karl remembers being amazed by this lunar module as a child. "They landed on the moon...in that???"
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