Alamagordo

V-2 Wreckage, Space History Museum

We headed off into the flat desert today, mostly grass with some cactus and then as we headed west we entered Lincoln National Forest and rolling hills. At the top where was this spectacular sight: a gap in the hills revealed the white sands below, looking very barren and sun-baked. We visited the New Mexico Space History Museum today. I was disappointed compared to other space museums. They described a lot about the rockets and engines used, a little about the satellites and manned space crafts, but not nearly as well presented as the Astronaut Hall of Fame in Florida. The highlight was the Top 10 achievements of the Hubble telescope which had both beautiful photos and interesting science. The film about the recently won X Prize ($10M) for the first commercial spacecraft was also interesting.