Amazing technology - even for today (Score 1)

I would echo all the remarks here that a visit to one of the exhibits is worth one's while. It's hard to get the scale of this monster unless you see it in person.

Although I never got to see a launch as a child, I was able to see the second stage up close and personal. My dad was director of test for the 2nd stage (working for North American Aviation, which became North American Rockwell, then finally Rockwell). A huge thrill of my young life was to see the booster crawl down Seal Beach blvd. via the large cat transporter down to the shipyard less than a mile away.

Little did I know I would follow in my dad's footsteps years later to work on the GPS satellites at a facility across the street, also with Rockwell International.