Anyone ever go and watch it?

We went yesterday and watched it lastnight. What a sight!!!!

Here is a couple of Video's we took on one of them turn the volume down.

I know they were a little shakey as well my daughters took them sorry!!

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ent=video1.flv

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v6...rent=Video.flv

 

Never seen one in person.
That is pretty cool.

 

It is way better in person.

 

I can only imagine...

How close where you guys from it? I am sure you could feel everything.

 

We were about as close as they let everyone thats about 8 miles away.

 

The sight looked divine.

Ah, the beauty of the CD (Convergent-Divergent) nozzle to control the reaction thrust...

The orbiter (the part that looks like an airplane; the pax compartment) does not have its own thrust during descent & landing. The orbiter, when re-entering the planet, slows down by following an S-shaped curves and lands like a glider with no thrust blah blah blah...

The vid looked very nice with the sunset in the background.


JPN

 

Thanks but that was actually the Moon coming up the sun was on the other side of the state at the time of launch.

 

I've been to the space center but never saw a launch. Last time I missed it by only a few days. Just seen the Apollo rocket blew my mind. They said to this day it's still the most sophisticated machine ever belt by man.

Thought I'd add that in there.

 

Tech, I need a new pair of glasses.


JPN

 

LOL I might soon as well!!! LOL

 

I've gone a few times for day AND night time launches. I personally like the night ones. we usually camp out at Jetty park over where the Cruise liners come in and out of. It's all fun and games, then you have to pack up and head back into town on the parking lot called "Beeline aka 528",lol...

 

LOL yep took me a little over 5 hours just to get to 417 then the rest was a breeze to get home.