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posted March 01, 2002 03:42 AM
Just saw the shuttle go up
Standing in my front yard watching it lift off is AWESOME,it was so clear this morning you would think, you could reach out and touch it. The fireball behind it seems like a hundred miles long and the roar of the engines is like WOW.
  
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TurboBlew
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posted March 01, 2002 05:10 AM
Jimp, just imagine what its like from the East (or Space coast) of Fl...lol Yes I arrived especially early at work this morning to watch. Its nice having an office 2 blocks from the ocean. 
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ROCKET J
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posted March 01, 2002 07:17 AM
But on the TV....
I got up this morning and started watching the NASA channel about two hours beforehand. Also had feeds on the computer. NOTHING like seeing it in person. When I lived in Florida, I never saw a Shuttle launch. I did see a few night launches of "secret" satellites though.
I remember as a kid, school would stop so we could go down to the auditorium to watch a launch. Or my Mom would let me stay home and watch it on our TV.
It is not important to most people, they just take it for granted. Too bad.
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DoubleAught
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posted March 01, 2002 07:35 AM
Glad y'all enjoyed it. When we have problems, it's in all the papers, but when we have successful launches nobody seems to notice.
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ROCKET J
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posted March 01, 2002 11:38 AM
NASA's Angels Cocoa Beach Chapter...
The biker looking dude with the long hair in the white room has to go.
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DaveInDaytona
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posted March 01, 2002 05:38 PM
They could launch one every day and I'd watch every one like it was the 1st.
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posted March 01, 2002 07:15 PM
 Edited By: harryzx-12 on 1 Mar 2002 20:24
I'd like to see one up close (not too close though)
I've seen the launch from outside where I work in N. Fla. saw it going up and then saw the booster rockets seperate and fall. I feel like dave.I think they're cool!
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posted March 01, 2002 10:27 PM
..Houston, Ninja, we have capture, over...
..."and we have a successful liftoff of "Ninja", STS-ZX12, on its way to shutdown the North Korean Space Agency's ailing "Hayabusa" whose orbit continues to decay."
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posted March 01, 2002 11:48 PM
I love launches!
I would love to see a shuttle launch!
First time we were in Florida, we did the space center tour and there was a shuttle on the launch pad. Very impressive!
Next time we went to Florida, we did the space center tour again (because we brought my 9 year old daughter). We got lucky that time and did see an Atlas launch at night. Smaller rocket but our first launch and at night it was awesome! I was most happy that my daughter saw it.
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posted March 02, 2002 08:14 AM
...always have wanted to see a launch of anything...but the Cape is 3000 miles away....sniff 
During the cold war saw a few night launches of ICBM's & spy sats inserted into orbit from Vandenburg in So. CA... they enter orbit just as they pass SF Bay on the Northern pole route over the ocean. Wild guess must be @ least 100 miles up as they pass by here...
@ night leaves a weird green glow in the sky that lasts about 20 minutes or so. Burnt fuel in sunlight? Haven't seen any lately...usually foggy, & they never announce launches from Vandenburg AFB...
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