True, but I was thinking specifically right there at JSC and nearby homes.
Lots of boats in all the waterways, so not as many gators as places like Brazos Bend and Oyster Creek, especially not all grouped together, as in "infested" enough to be sure that if you dropped a body in there, they'd get it right away.
They find 8-foot, 12-foot and even 16-footers over in the places I'm talking about. I've seen them many times. *One* is enough, believe me!
"True, but I was thinking specifically right there at JSC and nearby homes."
"Lots of boats in all the waterways, so not as many gators as places like Brazos Bend and Oyster Creek, especially not all grouped together, as in "infested" enough to be sure that if you dropped a body in there, they'd get it right away."
Well, Armand Bayou is not exactly the Banana River when it comes to gators, but it has a healthy crop of them. And it is no farther a drive from JSC-area subdivisions (eg Brookforest or Middlebrook) to Armand Bayou than it is to JSC. Turn left at Bay Area Blvd instead of right. That is the only difference.
Still, an astronaut would have to be aware of that place -- and while astronauts are all bright overacheivers, they really need the 1000+ back-room engineers in the MCC developing and exploring scenarios for them in order to do the water-walking they accomplish during space missions.
That is probably why the parking lot rendezvous went bust. Good raw concept but no support room help to explore all of the possible contingencies.
Don't forget also that the American Crocodile, once on the brink, has made a big comeback in the past 20 years...especially in Southern Florida....and those suckers are more aggressive and can be bigger than gators....