Anyone ever been to a Space Shuttle Launch at Kennedy Space Center?
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MagicLover · 01-11-2002, 03:29 PM

I just saw that there is a shuttle launch scheduled while we will be in Florida. I know these are very tentative in nature, and often change dates and times.

Have any of you ever driven over and seen a launch? I think I have read that you can see the launches from Orlando if you are in the right places.

It really sounds cool!

DrigRig · 01-12-2002, 12:56 PM

I too planned our trip to coincide with the (once scheduled) January 17th launch. Of course it got bumped back to Feb. 14th. I even had purchased the "launch transportation ticket package" from KSC. We'll still get admittance,but we're out the 60 bucks for the extra fees associated with that. They will however give us tickets to the Feb. 14 launch. Of course we'll be on the other side of the U.S. then !!!
I think there's NO way to predict what will happen. [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Elliot'sDragon · 01-12-2002, 01:03 PM

I was so bummed out last summer or summer before. I have always wanted to see a lauch when I was in FL. That vacation, a night time lauch went off. I knew about it all day. I kept saying to myself, I should go. Didn't go. I was staying in FQ at the time.
I heard the sonic booms. I was running around the balconies with a few other guests looking to see the shuttle. No luck. I promised myself, I would never miss that opprtunities again.
Hopefully, opprtunity will knock twice.

debe · 01-12-2002, 01:24 PM

I was lucky to get in on the John Glen launch and it was really neat. We viewed it from the Nasa Museum across the water way. I thought I had caught it all on the camcorder but apparently I accidently hit the on/off button & stopped the taping [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]

You can also see the shuttle as it heads off into space from the parks... not a close up view but is a thrill to just watch it go up. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

bobwerner · 01-12-2002, 08:55 PM

I've seen two launches and have videos of both. I have seen one day and one night launch. Let me tell you, the night launches are better. The shuttle lights up the sky and appears to be a VERY quick sunrise. It's amazing!
A1A is a good viewing point. Also, if you go to the KSC Web page you can try and get a causeway pass. This puts you 5 miles from the pad. This is as close as "normal" people can get.
Good luck and enjoy the view!

**Fortissimo** · 01-12-2002, 11:29 PM

I booked our trip around a shuttle launch in 2000. My DH is a huge shuttle nut and would have loved to see the launch. Of course a few days after I booked our trip, NASA changed the launch date. I didn't tell DH until much later though, he may not have gone to WDW with me!

I hope you get to see the launch. It is still my dream, as well as DH's to see one in person.

Good luck!

MagicLover · 01-13-2002, 05:27 AM

Thanks for sharing your experiences. I will keep an eye on it as it gets closer. The KSC web site says that they do some sort of pre-launch check or meeting a couple of weeks prior, and many times the dates get changed then....

BobWerner - I will keep in min5=01e A1A tip.

Thanks all!

**rescuesk** · 01-14-2002, 06:11 AM

Here is another website to look up: http://www.nasa.gov/.
They have the schedules and info on how to get tickets.

Sue [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img]