Hurricane Matthew is barreling toward Florida, and will likely slam into the Space Coast around 6am Friday morning. (Credit: NASA/NOAA GOES Project) This morning, when Hurricane Matthew updates showed up on my local news, I had a very selfish mentality. The approaching hurricane is interesting from a weather standpoint, but I wasn’t too concerned. I mentally checked through my list of family and friends; none of them are directly in harm's way. And so, I let out a sigh of relief. Until a few hours later, when it dawned on me that the most important location for space exploration is in Hurricane Matthew’s crosshairs. The eye of the hurricane is estimated to hit NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral at 6am Friday morning. NASA's Kennedy Space Center is home to the following:
Vehicle Assembly Building, a building so enormous that multiple rockets and spacecraft can be housed at one ...
