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"Jay Masino" wrote in message ... I don't even understand this statement, unless you're refering to the City of Cape Canaveral. I'm referring to Cape Canaveral, the land mass jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean that was named Cabo de Canaveral (Cape of the Cane) by the Spanish nearly 500 years ago. The original Cape Canaveral, where early launches took place, was split. The NASA side was renamed Kennedy Space Center. The Air Force side retained the Cape Canaveral name (Cape Canaveral Air Force Station... part of Patrick AFB). Not long after President Kennedy was assassinated President Johnson decreed that the NASA facilities on Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island would be renamed the John F. Kennedy Space Center. But the previous name did not contain "Cape Canaveral", it was just called the NASA Launch Operations Center. Johnson also decreed that "Cape Canaveral", the geographic place name, would be changed to "Cape Kennedy". A couple of months later the USAF announced that Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex would be renamed Cape Kennedy Air Force Station. Nobody objected to renaming the NASA and USAF facilities for Kennedy, they were federal property and the federal government could call them anything they wanted. There was considerable objection to the changing of the geographic place name, however. It took some ten years, but in the early seventies the geographic place name again became Cape Canaveral, and the USAF facility was renamed Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. |
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On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 02:36:26 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote in Message-Id: k.net: Not long after President Kennedy was assassinated President Johnson decreed that the NASA facilities on Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island would be renamed the John F. Kennedy Space Center. If I recall correctly, JFK had something to do with the advancement of space technology. -- Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts. -- Larry Dighera, |
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"Larry Dighera" wrote in message ... If I recall correctly, JFK had something to do with the advancement of space technology. He did. I didn't say renaming the NASA facility for JFK was unjustified, I think it was the proper thing to do. But it was wrong to change "Cape Canaveral" to "Cape Kennedy". |
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Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
Not long after President Kennedy was assassinated President Johnson decreed that the NASA facilities on Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island would be renamed the John F. Kennedy Space Center. But the previous name did not contain "Cape Canaveral", it was just called the NASA Launch Operations Center. Johnson also decreed that "Cape Canaveral", the geographic place name, would be changed to "Cape Kennedy". A couple of months later the USAF announced that Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex would be renamed Cape Kennedy Air Force Station. Hmmm. Cool trivia! -- Jay __!__ Jay and Teresa Masino ___(_)___ http://www2.ari.net/jmasino/ ! ! ! Checkout http://www.oc-adolfos.com/ for the best Italian food in Ocean City, MD and... Checkout http://www.brolow.com/ for authentic Blues music on Delmarva |
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Saw a good show on the program on iirc History chnl not long ago. They
showed film of the actual tests of the nuclear motors in Nevada. Kept having catastrophic failures in the engine casings. Guess its a good thing they gave it up along with the nuke powered bomber. -- Kevin McCue KRYN '47 Luscombe 8E Rans S-17 (for sale) -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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Jay Masino wrote in message ... Steven P. McNicoll wrote: Not long after President Kennedy was assassinated President Johnson decreed that the NASA facilities on Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island would be renamed the John F. Kennedy Space Center. But the previous name did not contain "Cape Canaveral", it was just called the NASA Launch Operations Center. Johnson also decreed that "Cape Canaveral", the geographic place name, would be changed to "Cape Kennedy". A couple of months later the USAF announced that Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex would be renamed Cape Kennedy Air Force Station. Hmmm. Cool trivia! -- Jay there is a great map of the place at: http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=17...4&s=200&size=l It even shows the launch pads Shuttle launch pads are 39 A and B |
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