Susan Burrell

Please fax your request on company letterhead to Susan Burrell, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, at (321) 452-3043 to arrange access to the events.

The disaster itself did not impact the Visitor Center's numbers, though some people may have thought the complex was closed in the days following the incident, said Susan Burrell, public relations manager for the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex."If there's a silver lining in the clouds of Columbia, it's the increased awareness of the space program and the importance of the space program and the bravery of the astronauts," she said.

However, the longer term impact of the disaster has hurt."The interruption of the Shuttle program has had a pretty significant effect on us," Burrell said.