Abstract
Apollo and Walt Disney. Those were two of the names making newspaper headlines when my family and I arrived in Florida in 1971. My father was an Air Force Chief Master Sergeant, and his last tour of duty would be at Patrick Air Force Base in Brevard County. The primary rocket launch site for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA), and Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom theme park made indelible impacts on Central Florida. It is also interesting to note how both projects almost by-passed Florida in favor of other locations.
Recommended Citation
Duggins, Pat
(2020)
"NASA in Florida: A Journalist's View,"
Florida Historical Quarterly: Vol. 87:
No.
2, Article 4.
Available at:
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol87/iss2/4
