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From: chuck@melmac.harris-atd.com (Chuck Musciano)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Watching the Shuttle Launches
Keywords: April 28
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Date: 21 Apr 89 19:01:48 GMT
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In article <5962@pdn.paradyne.com> steve@goofy.paradyne.com (Steve Fowler) writes:
>I live in the Tampa Bay area and seen  two  launches  from  here.
>Both were spectacular.  I hope you get on base to see the launch.
>It will be well worth any hassles you encounter  along  the  way.

     This will probably amaze people who don't live near the Cape, but I have
lived about 40 minutes south of the Cape for almost seven years and have never
been to a launch.  I like to watch them from the roof of our building here at
Harris, or from the front yard.  Even if you don't get super close, it is
still a neat experience.  Even down here, forty miles away, the noise rumbles
by about six minutes after launch.  With a pair of binoculars, you can follow
the SRBs all the way down after separation.

     I would agree that the traffic will be horrendous, but worth it.  In
particular, the Beeline Expressway (State Road 528) and State Road 520 will be
very crowded.  Route 1 and A1A will be crowded also.  Get as close as you can
and just enjoy it.  I've heard that the very best place to watch is from a boat
in the Banana River just west of the Cape.  Before Challenger, commercial 
pilots leaving from Melbourne Airport would time their flights to be in the air
to the west right at launch.  A view from the air would be spectacular.

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