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I’m surprised other government agencies don’t do the same. For example, the Pentagon has lots of video footage dating back to the invention of video cameras that they could post on something like this.
The depth, the quality, the passion of the guides, are an order of magnitude better than the generic tours they offer.
The regular ones are often lead by young inexperienced hires, mostly reading from a script, and you go through extremely curated exhibits.
On the VIP tour, we had a 30 year veteran who was on first name basis with the last few directors. We did things that made you think “I can’t believe we’re allowed to do/touch/see that” over and over again.
Eager to watch the Starliner launch on June 5th. I realise a lot of people won't be massively interested as it's not SpaceX or Artemis, but I'm a big believer that more competitors in the space is good for the space program generally.
Discussion from when it was announced last year: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38107297