太空海岸
太空海岸(英文:Space Coast)是美國佛羅里達州甘迺迪太空中心(KSC)和卡納維拉爾角空軍基地附近的地區。NASA的所有載人航天飛機(從1961年的水星計劃運行到2011年太空梭計劃結束)都是从KSC或卡納維拉爾角发射的。空軍基地内還發射了無人軍事和民用火箭。該地區的城市包括泰特斯維爾、可可、羅克雷治、卡納維拉爾角、梅里特島、可可海灘、墨爾本、印第亞蘭提、棕櫚灣和維埃拉。該地區大部分位於布里瓦德縣內。它的南部是寶藏海岸,西部和北部是佛羅里達中部(在經濟上與該地區相關),而東部則是大西洋。
NASA选择在佛羅里達發射火箭的原因之一就是与地球的自轉有關。地球在赤道旋轉得最快,所以NASA利用了這一點。除了增加火箭的軌道速度外,從南方位置(赤道附近)發射是最有益的。此外,还要利用行星的旋轉方向,從沒有人居住的東風海岸的地點發射航天器,在緊急情況下碎片會坠落,這對於地面人員的安全都是有很大程度保护的,而在美國唯一能夠做到這一點的地點是在佛羅里達州,德克薩斯州和波多黎各的東海岸,但是鑑於德克薩斯州沿海地區,南佛羅里達州和波多黎各的人口密度高,所以通常被認為的太空海岸的最佳地點在考慮到所有因素后才决定的。
帶有太空主题的地標(在甘迺迪太空中心和卡納維拉爾角空軍基地附近)
在卡納維爾角附近的許多地方都是以與美國太空計劃有關的主題命名的,包括交通工具、太空人和太空港本身。
- Alan Shepard Park, Cocoa Beach
- Apollo Boulevard, Melbourne
- Apollo Elementary School, Titusville[1]
- Armstrong Drive, Titusville
- Astronaut Boulevard, Cape Canaveral
- Astronaut High School, Titusville
- Atlantis Elementary School, Port St. John[2]
- Bayside High School, Palm Bay
- Challenger 7 Elementary School, Port St. John
- Challenger Memorial Parkway, (State Road 407), Titusville
- Chaffee Drive, Titusville
- Christa McAuliffe drawbridge, Merritt Island
- Christa McAuliffe Elementary School, Palm Bay
- Columbia Boulevard (State Road 405), Titusville
- Columbia Elementary School, Palm Bay
- Columbia Village, Melbourne (Florida Institute of Technology)
- Discovery Elementary School, Palm Bay[3]
- Endeavour Elementary Magnet school, Cocoa[4]
- Enterprise Elementary School, Cocoa
- Freedom 7 Elementary School, Cocoa Beach
- Gemini Elementary School, Melbourne Beach[5]
- Grissom Parkway, Cocoa
- I Dream Of Jeannie Drive, Cocoa Beach
- John F. Kennedy Middle School, Rockledge
- Jupiter Boulevard, Palm Bay
- Kennedy Point Park, Titusville
- MILA Elementary School, Merritt Island[6] (an abbreviation for "Merritt Island Launch Area")[7]
- Minutemen Causeway, Cocoa Beach
- NASA Boulevard (State Road 508), Melbourne
- Ronald McNair Middle Magnet School, Rockledge
- Satellite Beach, Florida
- Satellite Boulevard, Cocoa
- Satellite High School, Satellite Beach
- Shepard Drive, Titusville
- Space Coast Jr./Sr. High School
- Space Coast Stadium, Viera, Florida
- Space Coast Surge, a member of the Florida Winter Baseball League played out of Cocoa in 2009[8]
- Space View Park, Titusville
- White Drive, Titusville
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