Jay Masino wrote in message ...
Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
Not long after President Kennedy was assassinated President Johnson
decreed
that the NASA facilities on Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island would be
renamed the John F. Kennedy Space Center. But the previous name did not
contain "Cape Canaveral", it was just called the NASA Launch Operations
Center. Johnson also decreed that "Cape Canaveral", the geographic place
name, would be changed to "Cape Kennedy". A couple of months later the
USAF
announced that Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex would be renamed Cape
Kennedy Air Force Station.

Hmmm. Cool trivia!

-- Jay

there is a great map of the place at:

http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=17...4&s=200&size=l

It even shows the launch pads

Shuttle launch pads are 39 A and B