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From: kendrix_j@mims.enet.dec.com (John R. Kendrix)
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Subject: Re: Getting into the press area for shuttle launches?
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Date: 4 Sep 90 19:08:51 GMT
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In article <1990Sep03.165809.7751@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us>, johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (John R. Levine) writes...
>I had a car pass for the HST launch, and actually went both the time they
>didn't launch it and the time they did.  If you call the info number for the
>space center, one of the recordings they have tells you about getting a car
>pass, and gives the distinct impression that if you merely write to NASA and
>ask for one, you'll get it unless they're all gone.  They even give the
>address.  (I haven't tried it, since I got mine from a relative involved with
>the HST.)  There must be thousands of passes issued for each launch, since
>the causeway is several miles long and they park the cars four deep along it.

The above is correct, car passes CAN be had simply for the asking.  The only
trouble is that the demand for them is so great, that you have to put in your
request for a particular launch some 6 months in advance.  From the car pass
area, you'll be about 7 miles away from the pad.  You don't miss out on any of
the thrill however, since it is truely an awesome sight, sound, and feeling
seeing one of those birds climb toward home.

JK

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