shuttle launch yesterday?
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hexedagain
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Watched it from my backyard.
Nice shot if you asked me.
Nice shot if you asked me.
skinnyjoe1976
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i got to see it from the backyard and only 5 miles away. windows in this area shake like hell. also the night lanches in this area are unreal. my wife works out there and we got a lanch pass for the night lanch and was 1 mile east of the pad and so close you can see the astronauts get into the vehicle. if anybody has never seen a launch let me know and we have several spots on the river that a prime viewing areas for launches. and possibbly get some of you out to the launch area to view.
waterfaller1
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Wow, I would love to see one up close. A night launch would be awesome. 
I heard they dump a bunch of water when it launches to tone down the noise. Joe, is it true that back when they started it actually knocked people's windows out, or just a legend?
I heard they dump a bunch of water when it launches to tone down the noise. Joe, is it true that back when they started it actually knocked people's windows out, or just a legend?
skinnyjoe1976
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carol it depends on which way the shuttle goes. friday's launch went north due to the docking of the space station but we have a 15 foot bay window and it gives it a go wave action to it. i'll have my wife put in for a pass for the next one and we can fit 5 additional people in our vehicle. i don't know about the water thing because i'm a young lad but it would not suprise me. i know when you are out on base for the launches they prepare you for the worst case due to fallout from fuel etc. mfp4073 and waterfaller you guys are inline. it is a site to see for sure. i am born a raise here in brevard county and all my family either works out there or retired from there and it's just like any other summer afternoon storm for me kinda like disney. i'll keep people posted on the next launch and passes
Mrs Smith
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Watching a launch (from close by - not my house in Orlando) is on Dad's list of things to do before he dies. I keep telling him that soon would be good, as we likely won't live this close again... and now that he's retired, he can afford to stay in town despite launch delays.
We'd love to be included - or maybe we just need an ORCA party at your place!
Danielle
We'd love to be included - or maybe we just need an ORCA party at your place!
Danielle
skinnyjoe1976
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not a problem mrs smith. i guess i do take it for granted for something that is special to other people. i'll find out the next launch date and bring it up a future meeting and if there are enough people willing to drive over here the party thing might work. just remeber launches are all up to mother nature and those damn electronics. ps there might be a open house soon and that would let you see the shuttle up close and all the places that make the program work. my wife works at the sspf. all the building and things have these weird names kinda like our corals do and it's the space station processing faculity. she orks in the same building the astonauts live when they are here. i find out if there is one of those up and coming and that also would be how many people we can fit into one vehicle. let you all know
skinnyjoe1976
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10112669#post10112669 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sytanek
Is your around the corner from joe the same as gwrench's? You guys out that a ways seem to have an awfully long around the corner.
hey ben sytanek came over to buy some stuff and wanted i him to go to george's place and told them that it's around the corner and to me being semi in the woods since i go over there 4-5 times a week it's like going to the store for me. it seems like to us it takes 10 mintues to get to anywhere. and brannon if you look on a map ben is not kidding, where the fairway is behind my house if you could walk through the woods he's right there. there are houses on that fairway are only accesible from ben's street. to weird
Me No Nemo
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We watched from the parking lot! No matter how many times I see one, I still get goose bumps! The absolute best, though, was a night launch we watched from Veteran's pier in Titusville. You could feel the heat we were so close!
