Cecil replies: Sure, but let's get our facts straight: they didn't change the name of the space center, they changed the name of the cape — i.e., the land under the space center (or under part of it, anyway). The NASA launch facility continues to be known as the John F. Kennedy Space Center. The whole confusing business got started back on November 27, 1963, shortly after JFK's assassination, when Lyndon Johnson was casting about for a suitable memorial for the slain president.