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From: irwin@iago.caltech.edu (Horowitz, Irwin Kenneth)
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Subject: Re: Getting into the press area for shuttle launches?
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Date: 7 Sep 90 22:00:26 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...
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Last year I wrote away to the KSC Public Affairs Office for a car pass to view
the STS-32 launch (LDEF retrieval) when I was in Florida in Dec, 1989.  I wrote
this about three months before the mission was scheduled to go, and upon arrival
in Florida, I called KSC and found out that I was on the waiting list for a 
pass.  Several months later, I received a pass for STS-35 (astro-1) and figured
that I wouldn't have the opportunity to use it (the launch was scheduled in 
May and I was not going to be in Florida at that time).  As it turns out, I was
in Florida last week, and would have been able to see the launch from the
causeway (if it had gone up).  Needless to say, I was rather disappointed when
it was postponed.

I agree that if you get a car pass, you should go thru the Cape Canaveral AFS
gate (South gate) as that would be much less crowded than the main KSC gate.
I was planning on picking some friends in Cocoa Beach prior to the launch and
then going thru the south gate.

I still have the pass for STS-35, and doubt that I'll be able to see the launch
(I won't be back in Florida until the second half of December).  If there is
anyone interested in acquiring the pass, please let me know and I'll see what
can be arranged.
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