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03-18-2008, 04:50 PM
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03-18-2008, 04:53 PM
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03-18-2008, 04:59 PM
|  | (((o))) Moderator | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium | | I really read turtle liftoff in the title 
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03-18-2008, 05:00 PM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | That's great. Don't see that everyday.  |
03-18-2008, 05:06 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Harpers Ferry WV | | | It blows my mind how much light those rockets give off. |
03-18-2008, 05:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lakeland, FL | | I got up and couldn't see a damn thing with the clouds 
Sometimes I can see it perfectly from here. |
03-18-2008, 06:37 PM
|  | NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN! | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada | | | That's so awesome. I really like the 3rd and 4th pictures. |
03-18-2008, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker  I got up and couldn't see a damn thing with the clouds
Sometimes I can see it perfectly from here. | Yeah, you really had to be in direct view of the pad to see it with those thick clouds. On a clear day my buddy has been able to see the daytime launches from his balcony in Orlando.
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03-19-2008, 08:03 AM
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General Manager, Roscoe Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC, USA | | First of all, Digs, that was most likely Titusville, not "Tustinville" (never heard of Tustinville?  ), but no matter, cool pics.
One of the very few things I miss about living in Central FL is just what you got to experience: Shuttle launches.
Nighttime launches are amazing, particularly on a nice clear night. I lived most of the time in Clermont, not too far from FL Knifemaker, and you could watch the night launches for a good solid 30 minutes and still see something, on a clear night. Unlike day launches, you can follow the main engines in the dark until they drop below the horizon.
I have two favorite experiences with launches, one a day launch, one a night.
I used to do commercial window tinting, and one of our accounts was KSC (worked for 3M). I was at the Admin building working the day they had the first launch after the Challenger accident. That was VERY moving, people were in tears, and the rumble was overwhelming (Admin is about 3 mi. from the launchpad).
One night launch, back in the late 80's, I was at my grandmother's place just west of Orlando. She lives on the west side of a lake, facing east, directly at KSC. It was a full moon, I went down to the shore, sat on the grass, and watched the launch, the shuttle came up just to the south of the moon...indescribably beautiful.
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03-19-2008, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Gard First of all, Digs, that was most likely Titusville, not "Tustinville" | yeah, that's it.
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03-19-2008, 04:47 PM
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03-19-2008, 08:26 PM
|  | - that dog won't hunt, Monsignor. Moderator | | | | | Very cool. I want to see that someday soon.
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03-19-2008, 08:32 PM
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03-19-2008, 08:35 PM
|  | Mayday! Moderator | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Jackson, MS | | Quote:
Originally Posted by DigMe Yeah, you really had to be in direct view of the pad to see it with those thick clouds. On a clear day my buddy has been able to see the daytime launches from his balcony in Orlando.
bc | I was across the water from the pad and it just disappeared when it hit the clouds. Still beautiful. |
03-19-2008, 08:36 PM
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03-19-2008, 08:38 PM
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03-19-2008, 09:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Jackson, MI | | | Seeing a shuttle launch was one of my things to do I wrote on a list when I was a kid. Still haven't seen one. Although I did take a tour of Cape Kennedy |
03-19-2008, 10:37 PM
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03-20-2008, 07:22 AM
|  | On the TB leaderboard for low talent/gear ratios! | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: NJ | | | That is *really* cool.
I've always wanted to see a launch and about 11 years ago we planned to see one while we were down there on vacation. We unfortunately had to cancel that trip because my wife had just gotten sick with our son and she had round-the-clock morning sickness.
We were in Orlando last November on a short vacation and spent one day with our son at Kennedy Space Center. By sheer luck we got to watch a landing. That was also extremely cool, though I still want to see a launch.
KSC is definitely a place to visit if you're in the area. The whole space program just blows my mind and getting to see so much on the tours was a treat for a geeky engineer like me.
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03-20-2008, 08:47 AM
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General Manager, Roscoe Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC, USA | | Dave -
Everyone should do the KSC tour!
I remember the first time I did the Apollo exhibit, walking out of the control room mockup and turning that corner.... 
....that was almost a religious experience!
People got on top of THAT thing, that is larger/taller than the Statue of Liberty, and let them light all that explosive stuff under them?
Huevos. Pure, unadulterated, unmitigated huevos.
When I lived in Orlando, I went at least once a year.
Anyone happen to catch the live HD broadcast from the ISS on Discovery HD last night? That was pretty  stuff.
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