Space Shuttle Atlantis liftoff

[mckitterick]

I have never seen one, but I so much want to see a Shuttle launch one day:

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Best,
Chris

Comments

[normalcyispasse.livejournal.com]

+1. I've been around shuttles and I've been where they're launched but I've yet to actually see one lift off.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

I've never seen one in person, even. A few years back when SpaceShipOne won the X Prize, I so regretted not driving down to see that. *sigh*

[tmseay.livejournal.com]

Well, let's take a field trip, then!

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

I would be SO there!

I saw

[lensedqso.livejournal.com]

the December night launch from Orlando. Even from there it was spectacular. I'd like to get a little bit closer sometime, though. Time is running out...

Re: I saw

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Oh, neat! Yeah, that "time is running out" thing is part of my increasing desire to go watch a launch.

[ericreynolds.livejournal.com]

It's amazing in person. We saw Discovery (I think it was Discovery) launch right at sunrise a few years ago. One thing I didn't expect was how bright the exhaust was. Too bright to look at for any more than a second. And it's loud, you feel it in your chest.