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Ben - FL
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Initially Posted - 06/10/2007 : 17:04:45

Well, I didn't get to sail Chick-a-pea down to the cape for a shuttle launch again. But I did get to see it from a bridge here in Jax. I can count seven that I have seen from J'ville. I called Big Dad (my father) who used to work as a civilian at NASA when rocketry was in it's infancy and picked him up to go along. He is not a rocket scientist or anything, but he did get to watch a lot of the early launches and one that they had to hit the self-destruct button on. Here is some home video of [url="http://www.bellsouthpwp.net/b/e/benraye/pictures/Shuttle Atlantis.wmv"]Shuttle Atlantis.[/url]
It is in Windows Media format.

Safe voyages,
Ben
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Gloss
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Response Posted - 06/10/2007 : 17:35:51

I attended the University of Florida from 69 -73. One of my roomates Father was either the launch director, or flight director for the Mercury program. When I visited their house I was blown away by the pictures in his dad's den. Pics of him with Kennedy and all of the original 7 astronauts. The original 7 were over the house all the time for barbecues etc. John Glenn tought my friend John to water ski, and Alan Shephard tought him to slalom ski.
How cool would that be as a little kid.

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Jmurfy
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Response Posted - 06/10/2007 : 23:00:54

I saw the light from a night launch on a cruise ship that was about 150 miles due south. Someday I'd like to see a launch from a closer location. Amazing stuff. I dont think the general public has any conception of this masterpiece of technology.

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DaveR
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Response Posted - 06/11/2007 : 21:50:48

Ben,
I can't access that video, some Bell South lack of bandwidth error or something. you know you can post video on you tube too. I can't imagine my cable not having enough bandwidth.
Anyway, I watched the Shuttle launch from Daytona (about 40 miles north). There's a low rumble about 5 minutes after liftoff and windows and screen doors and that type of stuff shakes for several minutes. Pretty cool stuff. Night launches are beautiful. The Apollo rockets were even cooler, much larger and with a slower ascent.

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