Shuttle Launch (dial up beware)
11-21-2009, 12:54 AM
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Shuttle Launch (dial up beware)
What do you do when you don't have a job and brain fried from searching all possible job hosting sites.................
After 20 years of living in Florida I finally made it to a Shuttle launch that commenced as planned, Monday the 16th (made a great anniversary present).
Made it to the June night launch earlier this year, only to have it been rescheduled while I was out of state.
The Minolta w/ great zoom lens was still in for repairs, so the best I could do for pics was the Canon S3IS.
Pics from my vantage point at Space View Park in Titusville, about 15 miles from launch pad 39A.....................
The VAB.....largest building in volume........
Same building at extreme zoom to give an idea of scale for the rest of the pics........
The launch pad w/ the Shuttle Atlantis (it may not actually be visible but I know it was there!)........
Lift off................
About 30 other photos hosted in PB.........
http://s101.photobucket.com/albums/m...ttle%20launch/
I definitely plan on making the next launch, which is scheduled for the early AM in February!! Also going to make sure the Minolta is on hand!!!
After 20 years of living in Florida I finally made it to a Shuttle launch that commenced as planned, Monday the 16th (made a great anniversary present).
Made it to the June night launch earlier this year, only to have it been rescheduled while I was out of state. The Minolta w/ great zoom lens was still in for repairs, so the best I could do for pics was the Canon S3IS.
Pics from my vantage point at Space View Park in Titusville, about 15 miles from launch pad 39A.....................
The VAB.....largest building in volume........
Same building at extreme zoom to give an idea of scale for the rest of the pics........
The launch pad w/ the Shuttle Atlantis (it may not actually be visible but I know it was there!)........
Lift off................
About 30 other photos hosted in PB.........
http://s101.photobucket.com/albums/m...ttle%20launch/
I definitely plan on making the next launch, which is scheduled for the early AM in February!! Also going to make sure the Minolta is on hand!!!
11-21-2009, 08:21 PM
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Watching a launch is always a trip... Living in Orlando, I see them all the time from my house... I've been to a few in the past.. I went to a night launch about 15 years ago, and it was the most amazing thing I've ever seen..
With the VAB building, the american flag that is on the building is like 200+ feet long and the red and white stripes are as wide as road.
Great pictures...
With the VAB building, the american flag that is on the building is like 200+ feet long and the red and white stripes are as wide as road.
Great pictures...
I would love to see that sometime. I can imagine it would be breathtaking... Especially a night launch. Someday I'll have to plan a vacation down to FL to make a launch...
11-21-2009, 10:37 PM
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11-22-2009, 08:28 PM
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When I first move to Florida I lived in Cape Canaveral about a half a block from the beach. I used to walk down to the beach and watch the launches. Today I can see the launches from my driveway as the cape is 40 mile north of me. They are a site to see.
11-25-2009, 11:59 AM
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I got to see the Challeger launch in '83? It was cool.
What amazed me was how the roar of the engines only lasted a couple seconds, after it took half a minute to get over to Titusville. I guess sound can't go downhill.
What amazed me was how the roar of the engines only lasted a couple seconds, after it took half a minute to get over to Titusville. I guess sound can't go downhill.