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From: feigal@npdiss3.StPaul.NCR.COM (John Feigal)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Watching Shuttle Landings at KSC
Message-ID: <482@npdiss3.StPaul.NCR.COM>
Date: 12 Apr 91 14:27:06 GMT
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Reply-To: feigal@npdiss3.StPaul.NCR.COM (John Feigal)
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In article <8502@crash.cts.com> root@crash.cts.com (Bill Blue) writes:
>I've watched a number of shuttle take offs at KSC, but I've never seen a
>landing there.  Short of being on the property itself, where is/are the best
>place(s) to see the shuttle land if Kennedy is chosen instead of Edwards?
I watched one shuttle landing a number of years back from the Holiday
Inn property in Titusville.  We were able to hear it (the boom) and see it
with the naked eye but binoculars helped.
>
>What is the orientation of the runway?  Is it likely based on wind that the
>shuttle could land in one of the two directions, or is only one of the
>directions acceptable?
The landing I saw was from south to north.
>
John Feigal
feigal@ncrons.StPaul.NCR.COM