Celebrating 70 years of NASA
Mountain View is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the NASA Ames Research Center being part of our community. Many local merchants are participating in the celebration by displaying NASA memorabilia through the month of December. As you stroll up and down Castro Street be sure to notice NASA posters in the windows of the businesses that are participating.
Tied House has several aircraft models hanging inside the front door of the restaurant. Be sure to look up occasionally while enjoying your favorite beer and their incredible nachos. Meyer Appliance has a Space Shuttle model in the front window. Last time I looked Santa Claus was riding on top of the model. I’m pretty sure that the addition of Santa was courtesy of Meyer Appliance and not NASA.
Jehning Family Museum has posters and photographs on display inside the lock museum. Boutique 4 has more photographs on display in the front windows and just inside the store.
I love the robotic vehicles that are featured in the windows of Book Buyers. They seem to have faces and remind me of an 80s movie about some cute friendly robots. A model of Kitty Hawk 2 is hanging inside Global Beads. NASA people came out and measured the doorway of the bead store to be sure it fit inside. It took 5 people to install the model. Check it out as you buy the beads and supplies that you’ll need to make your Christmas gift items. Kitty Hawk 2 was designed to fly over the surface of Mars and take photographs.
Maston Architect has a model of a High Speed Civil Transport aircraft in the front window. It was a concept vehicle from the 1990s that was meant to reduce commercial flight times by 50%.
Custom Fitness has a biofeedback suit on display. You can go inside the gym to look at it or view it from the windows on the Starbucks side of the building. I really enjoyed perusing Castro and looking at all the NASA models and photographs and thinking about how much our community has gained by having NASA join us 70 years ago. Thanks NASA and we’re looking forward to the next 70 years.
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