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Originally Posted by stonewall  Glad to know that you enjoyed your day trip to the Space Center. Wouldn't it be great to see a night time launch? I'd love to see pictures if anyone here was able to see that. |
I was raised near Vandenberg Air Force Base near Santa Barbara, California. Thats where they fire missles on the west coast. I have seen a large number of launches over the years. Some at night and they just look amazing. I seem them usually from about 15 miles away. And they look very bright. Unfortunately because of the Space Shuttle Challenger accident they canceled the Shuttle taking off from Vandenberg. I was very disappointed by that.