for all you floridian rocket geeks - space shuttle launch

[warren0728]

hey all my fellow floridians....the space shuttle is scheduled to liftoff tuesday morning at 2:28am....i'll probably be the only one on my street standing outside watching it but night launches are pretty rare....not gonna miss it!! :bravo:

one of the few perks of working at home....might have to sleep in in the morning!

ww

[just strum]

If I recall correctly Rocket lives near enough to get a good view.

Is it true that the astronauts roll down their windows on the way up and shoot the moon?:pancake:

[warren0728]

If I recall correctly Rocket lives near enough to get a good view.

Is it true that the astronauts roll down their windows on the way up and shoot the moon?:pancake:
depends on how clear the night is! these late night/early morning liftoffs are cool....a few minutes after liftoff even here in central florida you can feel the sound wave come over you.....takes a few minutes after liftoff for it to make it this far inland....

ww

[warren0728]

2 hours to go....not sure how good my view will be....it is a little overcast here (i am between 40-50 miles from lift off)....gonna take some low res video with my point and shoot camera....

ww

[warren0728]

damn....to cloudy to see the launch from here.... :mad:

ww

[Rocket]

I always get a great viewing from my back yard.

[Tone2TheBone]

I love it when the shuttle takes off or lands. They've been going up a lot lately. Pretty consistent.

[warren0728]

i do too....usually have a pretty good view of launches but it was really cloudy here this morning.....couldn't see it :mad:

ww

[Tone2TheBone]

i do too....usually have a pretty good view of launches but it was really cloudy here this morning.....couldn't see it :mad:

ww

Rats dude. It's cloudy 'round here too. I'm gonna check NASA TV....


Showing a fly over The Gulf of Mexico...cloudy as hell.

[Katastrophe]

We get to see the shuttle on reentry quite often here. It is a spectacular sight to watch.