With help from Disney, NASA creates stellar attraction in Space Center Houston. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: July 5, 1994| Author: Sylvain, Rick | Copyright information 
    HOUSTON _ At first blush, it looks like your everyday urban college. 
    Boxy, buff-colored buildings dot a tree-shaded grassy campus. Fountains, pools and plazas gleam in the Texas sun. 
    But then you spot a Saturn 5 rocket the size of Idaho. And you pass a forest of white microwave dishes aimed at satellites. And inside a walk-in vault on a fringe of the campus, a sign beckons you to ``Touch the Moon.'' 
    NASA's Johnson Space Center is pretty nifty. 
    The University of Out...

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