I attended a shuttle launch January 1994. It was amazing! Right before dawn, right on time. You could feel the thunder from it in your chest and the exhaust from the boosters was too bright to gaze at for more than a second and it lit the whole area up.
BTW, was just listening to Talk of the Nation - Science Friday, discussion of planethood for Pluto and other bodies such as Ceres. I did NOT know that Ceres was covered with clay and that there might be an ocean beneath the surface. Ceres sounds more fascinating the more we learn about it. Can't wait until 2015 when Dawn arrives at Ceres (after visiting Vesta in 2011,2012).
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Date: 2008-03-28 07:32 pm (UTC)BTW, was just listening to Talk of the Nation - Science Friday, discussion of planethood for Pluto and other bodies such as Ceres. I did NOT know that Ceres was covered with clay and that there might be an ocean beneath the surface. Ceres sounds more fascinating the more we learn about it. Can't wait until 2015 when Dawn arrives at Ceres (after visiting Vesta in 2011,2012).