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12-07-2006, 03:45 PM
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| Hey, totally off topic and I admit I'm sneaking it in here and figure the mods will boot it off shortly (but please give it 20 minutes or so!), one of the benefits of living where I do is I'm a half hour away from Cape Canaveral. If the weather holds up, I'm headed over for launch of the shuttle tonight at 9:30.
Boy is that something. Lights up the sky like its noon and the noise rumbles through your body even though you are 10 miles away. Puts our squabbles about football conferences in perspective, I'll tell you that. | 
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12-07-2006, 03:49 PM
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| Am hearing the launch might not go. Keep an eye out before you head out. I'll just walk out of Ale House tonight and look to the heavens. With all the clouds may not see it though if it does go.
Where do you go to watch?
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12-07-2006, 03:50 PM
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| I always went to the Shuttle launches when I was stationed in Orlando. Good times going out onto the school's main walk area and watching the shuttle launch in the middle of the night all the way in Orlando.
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12-07-2006, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by hohenfelsvol Am hearing the launch might not go. Keep an eye out before you head out. I'll just walk out of Ale House tonight and look to the heavens. With all the clouds may not see it though if it does go.
Where do you go to watch? |
If I'm just going over to see it on a lark like this, I just drive out SR 528 and park on one of the causeways that go over the intracoastal. When its up, up, and away, I turn around and drive right back. 40 minutes each way and a straight line.
Some people like to go to one of the parks along A1A, but in my experience, for a night launch, it isn't worth dealing with the extra traffic. | |
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12-07-2006, 03:55 PM
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| | Merge Master J
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| If you take a few minutes a day you can find tons of things that put football squabbles into perspective...laughing child, affectionate puppy, the mini-skirt.
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12-07-2006, 04:00 PM
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| One of my favorite things to do is tune in on the net to the NASA live video feed. Watching it right now. They are showing all the people scurrying around in "Firing Room Four" getting ready to launch in 5 hours.
Very cool. | |
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12-07-2006, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by volmanjr If you take a few minutes a day you can find tons of things that put football squabbles into perspective...laughing child, affectionate puppy, the mini-skirt. | What if the laughing child is in the UK sweats that my d%#$ neighbors gave her for her birthday? | |
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12-07-2006, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by lawgator1 If I'm just going over to see it on a lark like this, I just drive out SR 528 and park on one of the causeways that go over the intracoastal. When its up, up, and away, I turn around and drive right back. 40 minutes each way and a straight line.
Some people like to go to one of the parks along A1A, but in my experience, for a night launch, it isn't worth dealing with the extra traffic. | Thread being hijacked. But before it is, hope it launches and good luck. Been out there more then once for "dry runs".
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12-07-2006, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by volmanjr If you take a few minutes a day you can find tons of things that put football squabbles into perspective...the mini-skirt. | Fixed. 
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12-07-2006, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by lawgator1 One of my favorite things to do is tune in on the net to the NASA live video feed. Watching it right now. They are showing all the people scurrying around in "Firing Room Four" getting ready to launch in 5 hours.
Very cool. | Could you supply me with a link LG? No matter how many times I see one, I am always fascinated by them. Wish I could be there to see it in person. Maybe one of these days.
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12-07-2006, 06:12 PM
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| This thread is useless without pictures. 
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12-07-2006, 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by tdtnvols2004 Could you supply me with a link LG? No matter how many times I see one, I am always fascinated by them. Wish I could be there to see it in person. Maybe one of these days. | try this: NASA - Space Shuttle | |
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12-07-2006, 08:47 PM
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| How cool is a night launch?? I can't wait. I saw the Discovery launch a long time ago when I was young.
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12-07-2006, 09:36 PM
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| bUMP.
They have cloud cover right now. Holding at 5 minutes to launch until they determine if it is still a go.
Keep your fingers crossed for a launch. 
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12-07-2006, 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by milohimself Fixed. | Thanks Big guy! Here I was trying to be somewhat profound and youi throw it all away and keep my cheap sexist , sophmoric remark..... 
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