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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 10:40 AM
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I went to see the shuttle launch lastnight after the carl black show. There not the best pics but i was right across the river and seeing it for the first time at night it was awesome. Its a must see at night it just lit up the sky and hearing the rumble as it goes up.




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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 10:55 AM
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those are pretty cool man, esp. that 3rd one.... looks like we launchin something else...

you could actually see it up here for a bit....
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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 11:52 AM
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Looks real good, i really want to see them launch one especially at night.
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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 12:01 PM
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I work on the Flying Brick, you should see it as close as your allowed to get, a MF'n Retna burner,
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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 12:27 PM
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I wish i could have gotten closer. My girls aunt works for the united space alliance but we were watching the titusville xmas parade and then walked a block to the river. I would have loved to feel the heat from it.

The space shuttle kicks all a$$.
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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 12:36 PM
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i want to see what exactly nasa is gonna come up with when they put the shuttle away in 2010
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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 12:58 PM
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I live in Port St. Lucie which is about an hour and a half from the Cape and it looked AWESOME going up. Those pics are about what it looked like here. It looked bad ***, the way it just came up and lit the sky. It looked like the sun rising times ten! Nice pics Thanks for sharing!




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I went to see the shuttle launch lastnight after the carl black show. There not the best pics but i was right across the river and seeing it for the first time at night it was awesome. Its a must see at night it just lit up the sky and hearing the rumble as it goes up.




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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 01:57 PM
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saw it from my house... it was one of the nicest launch I've seen in a while.







felt like the ls1 gods were talking to me

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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 02:13 PM
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booo....... I was at work and missed it. I was there thursday night hoping to see it though but it got delayed
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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 02:42 PM
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i missed it, but my dad said they watched it and he's about 30 mins north of Gainesville.
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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 02:47 PM
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I was at work too! and completly forgot about it.. i was pissed off when a friend said she saw it. I've seen one go off from the target out in clermont, that was cool as hell. I really want to see one from jetty park.
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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by slmdLS1
i missed it, but my dad said they watched it and he's about 30 mins north of Gainesville.
I remeber seeing a night launch from Ft. lauderdale.
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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 03:13 PM
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I love that its average cruising speed is 25000mph!!! I want a ride! lol

We saw it last night. We were wondering why everyone was pulling off the road. Ive never seen it in such detail like I did on a back road in winter park.
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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 03:56 PM
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my girls uncle is an astronaut. he has driven the damn thing!
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hmmmmm^^^
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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 05:58 PM
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Let have a name, I work FCS for USA, Flight Crew Systems,

NASA wants to build a rocket with a capsule on top with 2 SRB's, one on each side, it's in the works,

I've heard of them seeing it all the way to South Carolina at night,

I've working on it for 18 yrs it's killer, still amazes me every time,
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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 08:59 PM
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About 30 miles south, no tripod so the pics could have been much better, but you get the idea. Remember it was dark out, lol. You got to see a night launch if you haven't.



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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 09:06 PM
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One of my buddies video'd it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBZhGUG79Wo
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Old Dec 10, 2006 | 09:38 PM
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Great footage! Thanks...



Originally Posted by TimTaylor75
One of my buddies video'd it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBZhGUG79Wo
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Old Dec 12, 2006 | 11:09 PM
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Wow, those pics look cool. Too bad it didn't go up next month at night. I'm moving to Palm Coast next month. Do u think I can see the shuttle go up in the sky there?
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