Article: the launch pad and the big top.(Daily Break)

By Robert N. Jenkins

Special to the St. Petersburg Times

COCOA BEACH, fla.

Two elements rule Florida's Space Coast: sea and sky. And those are the two biggest reasons to plan a summer getaway to Brevard County on the Atlantic coast. A vacationer might break it down more like this: surf and shuttle.

Now is the time to catch a last look at the shuttle program, which will end in September 2010, and enjoy the celebration of this summer's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

Nearly all the haunts from the heady days of the space program are gone, though businesses with "space," "moon" and "astro" in their names are ...

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