I’m originally from Upper East Tennessee and have lived on both coasts and worked at JPL. I’m now retired in Houston and love it. Great people, low cost of living, and very Veteran friendly like most of Texas. The food scene is amazing, as it is in most of our State. It’s a big city for sure, but being in the South East you can easily drive to smaller towns. We’re closer to Louisiana than we are to Austin. You could spend years just exploring the BBQ spots in Texas and other than the extreme distances between cities, I can’t really find a thing to complain about in our State. Come and get your Cowboy on folks!
Hi Lord Spoda Searching for your missed old videos. We are lucky we got a chance to visit all those places in this video. The water wall is amazing, so also the tall building opposite to it. It was not possible for me to take complete view of the building in my smartphone camera, I remember. NASA museum is almost a one day trip. We spent good three and half months in Houston, TX living with our son. Thank you for the video.
That's awesome, Rajeev. We only spent one day in Houston on this trip. We will eventually be going back and spending several days there, and will show much more of the city. :)
Of all your videos I have watched, the water wall is the only one I have been to. I used to walk my dog by there when I lived in a hotel by the Galleria.
So that is the shuttle Independence and underneath her is a 747 which was only a design to Ferry the space shuttles from Cape Canaveral Florida which is where they took off to Houston Texas to Ellington Airfield where they were maintained. The amount of fuel necessary to get that shuttle into space is astronomical a matter of fact it requires twice the weight of the shuttle which is why you see him with two giant hydrogen tanks and an oxygen tank when they're sitting on the launch pad in Cape Canaveral most of that fuel is to actually compensate for the weight of how much fuel it requires to get the fuel up there and not necessarily the space shuttle itself so I think it's only about 30% of the fuel is required to get the space shuttle into orbit and the rest of it's because of the weight of all that fuel it requires even more fuel to get up there
Space is boring to me, never want to travel there or fly period. Very satisfied to keep my feet on planet earth. My u two are adventuresome! Love your travels. R
Not sure how you got such great rates on your hotels. We just did a long trip and the hotel rates were ridiculous! I need your secret. I am even a rewards member at all of the mid range hotels.
Oh wow!! Last time I visited Nasa was around 2010!! We didn't even have the replica shuttle yet!! I want to go back so bad. It's such a shame that I live in Htown but I've only been to Nasa like 3 times in 40 years. LOL Hey if you like small Texas towns you should visit Winnie and High Island/Bolivar Peninsula! There's a remnant of an old fort on BP! The little town of Daisetta has a sink hole you can see from the road. I watched that happen on the news live! lol Btw if you wanna see some really old buildings check out Marquez and Kosse! Last time I was around there they had some old abandoned shops.
I grew up a mile from nasa and was in the Boy Scouts then they had the replica shuttle then and we got to see it and Mission Control for our space merit badge but it wasn’t open to the public. Some of the astronauts children went to my school then. Much of this was free to see in the 70’s.
I’m originally from Upper East Tennessee and have lived on both coasts and worked at JPL. I’m now retired in Houston and love it. Great people, low cost of living, and very Veteran friendly like most of Texas. The food scene is amazing, as it is in most of our State. It’s a big city for sure, but being in the South East you can easily drive to smaller towns. We’re closer to Louisiana than we are to Austin. You could spend years just exploring the BBQ spots in Texas and other than the extreme distances between cities, I can’t really find a thing to complain about in our State. Come and get your Cowboy on folks!
Nice to see the U.S from Canada through you 👍
Thank you for watching, Sask! :)
Lived in Houston briefly but never got to visit anything. This would have been so exciting to visit!
Very impressive place. Two videos one week I feel spoiled.
Thanks, keyup. I’ll be posting 2 to 4 videos a week from now on. Double thanks for being supportive! :)
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip my pleasure, I look so forward to seeing all your adventures.
Safe travels to the both of you.
Hi Lord Spoda
Searching for your missed old videos. We are lucky we got a chance to visit all those places in this video. The water wall is amazing, so also the tall building opposite to it. It was not possible for me to take complete view of the building in my smartphone camera, I remember. NASA museum is almost a one day trip. We spent good three and half months in Houston, TX living with our son.
Thank you for the video.
That's awesome, Rajeev. We only spent one day in Houston on this trip. We will eventually be going back and spending several days there, and will show much more of the city. :)
Thank you for sharing your video
Awww, I wanted to see Houston to see what the big deal is all about. Maybe another time please?
Yes, we will be doing a more thorough Houston video soon.
Of all your videos I have watched, the water wall is the only one I have been to. I used to walk my dog by there when I lived in a hotel by the Galleria.
Love the videos ! :( never put the frets on the dashboard accidents with that are bad. Love the ram truck, lets see how the bronco compares to that!
So that is the shuttle Independence and underneath her is a 747 which was only a design to Ferry the space shuttles from Cape Canaveral Florida which is where they took off to Houston Texas to Ellington Airfield where they were maintained. The amount of fuel necessary to get that shuttle into space is astronomical a matter of fact it requires twice the weight of the shuttle which is why you see him with two giant hydrogen tanks and an oxygen tank when they're sitting on the launch pad in Cape Canaveral most of that fuel is to actually compensate for the weight of how much fuel it requires to get the fuel up there and not necessarily the space shuttle itself so I think it's only about 30% of the fuel is required to get the space shuttle into orbit and the rest of it's because of the weight of all that fuel it requires even more fuel to get up there
Interesting. Thank you for the info!!
Space is boring to me, never want to travel there or fly period. Very satisfied to keep my feet on planet earth. My u two are adventuresome! Love your travels. R
What -- no Tang?!?
Not sure how you got such great rates on your hotels. We just did a long trip and the hotel rates were ridiculous! I need your secret. I am even a rewards member at all of the mid range hotels.
Oh wow!! Last time I visited Nasa was around 2010!! We didn't even have the replica shuttle yet!! I want to go back so bad. It's such a shame that I live in Htown but I've only been to Nasa like 3 times in 40 years. LOL
Hey if you like small Texas towns you should visit Winnie and High Island/Bolivar Peninsula! There's a remnant of an old fort on BP! The little town of Daisetta has a sink hole you can see from the road. I watched that happen on the news live! lol Btw if you wanna see some really old buildings check out Marquez and Kosse! Last time I was around there they had some old abandoned shops.
I grew up a mile from nasa and was in the Boy Scouts then they had the replica shuttle then and we got to see it and Mission Control for our space merit badge but it wasn’t open to the public. Some of the astronauts children went to my school then. Much of this was free to see in the 70’s.
I went to Houston several years ago for some classes. I was not impressed at all.
A lot of good things that we take for granted come from the space program. I doubt we would have cell phones if it weren't for the space program.
Houston is just ok to me. It’s big and somewhat cosmopolitan, but nothing special except NASA and The Galleria.