Space Shuttle is on its way

[woodie1]

The shuttle has left for another journey to the Space Station.

 

[JC]

I'd like to see a launch in person just once in my life, preferably a night launch

JC

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: JC
I'd like to see a launch in person just once in my life, preferably a night launch

JC

You don't get to be very close, for obvious reasons, but they are still hella cool!!!

 

[JC]

Originally posted by: djheater

Originally posted by: JC
I'd like to see a launch in person just once in my life, preferably a night launch

JC

You don't get to be very close, for obvious reasons, but they are still hella cool!!!

What, forget bringing marshmallows?

 

[silverpig]

The closest I've ever been is when I saw the 3D Space movie at IMAX. There's one part where they leave the camera practically right beside this russian rocket as it takes off. The debris seems like it's actually gonna hit you (and then a piece smashes the lens of the camera)... Insane.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: JC
I'd like to see a launch in person just once in my life, preferably a night launch

JC

I get to go to a launch soon. My neighbor back home is flying my family down there for the launch since he will be on one of the next missions.

 

[Mungla]

A couple of years ago, I witnessed a 2am launch in the middle of the summer. It was the launch of the Chandra X-ray telescope. The publicity was crazy and the number of people present was amazing.. There were so many people present that it was daylight when we got back to our hotel. We did that 3 nights in a row as the launch was scrubbed the first two times.

Watch out for the alligators.. NASA puts you on a long strip of land that is about 25-30ft from the waters edge and like 3mi from the pad. Everynight, there were alligators swimming back and forth keeping an eye on us all.

 

[woodie1]

Tonights' conditions were just about perfect. Had cool clear sky so you could see, in the dark, just how much power those engines release to get the shuttle out of Earth's gravity. Like a huge candle. When I worked up there we would be just a few miles from the pad. The shaking of the ground was something to behold.