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From 1963 to 1973 it was called Cape Kennedy. President John F. Kennedy was an enthusiastic backer of the space program, and after his assassination in 1963, his widow Jacqueline Kennedy suggested to President Lyndon Johnson that renaming the Cape Canaveral facility would be an appropriate memorial. However, Johnson recommended the renaming not just of the facility, but of the entire cape. Accordingly, Cape Canaveral was renamed Cape Kennedy.

Although the name change was approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names of the Interior Department in 1964, it was not popular in Florida, especially in the city of Cape Canaveral, Florida. In 1973 the state passed a law restoring the former 400-year-old name, and the Board went along. The Kennedy family issued a letter stating they "understood the decision"; Jacqueline Kennedy also stated if she had known that the Canaveral name had existed for 400 years, she never would have supported changing the name of the Cape. The Space Center itself retains the "Kennedy" name.

Some outsiders still refer to the geographical feature as "Cape Kennedy", though it's typically used in the context of its continuing status as America's Spaceport.

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Originally posted by Lance:
Just a couple nitpicking things on Drive in Florida.

On the Kennedy thing. There is no Cape Kennedy, it's always been Cape Canaveral, never changed. There is a Kennedy space center though. They don't let you get that close to shuttle either.

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Originally posted by derangedmilk:
The Florida inaccuracy that bugged me (as another son of the sunshine state) was the fact that it obviously wasn't filmed in FL.

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Originally posted by Lance:
I watched every Apollo launch while standing in my front yard. Most people don't know that just about everyone in the state can see all the launches if your looking the right direction at the right time. I saw shuttle launches from Miami and one in 1984 from just down the coast on the beach in Indialantic. That one was amazing as it curved out over the ocean. I still watch them when ever I'm back in the state, but no one else seems to care anymore. I'm usually alone with my radio waiting to spot the trail.

But I digress.

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Originally posted by fireflygal:
I was bored to tears by Drive. Nathan, of course, was a stand-out and oh so very pretty to look at but I had no attachment to any of the characters at all. Sorry Tim Minear :(

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