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Last Post 9/1/2009 8:01 AM by  JettaManDan
How I spent last night
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Ron Miles
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8/29/2009 12:06 PM
    From Discovery Launch, STS-128


    Let me tell you, when someone lights off a rocket that large only half dozen miles from where you are standing, you feel it. It also lights up the entire sky, like a false sunrise. It was a truly, truly awesome experience.

    "Sadly then I knew the answer. All her life she was a dancer, but no one ever played the song she knew." - The Residents
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    8/29/2009 12:47 PM
    Dude, that's pretty cool. =) Watching a shuttle launch is one of the things I would like to do before the dark reaper takes me. =)

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    8/29/2009 1:02 PM
    There are only six launches left in the program before the shuttles are retired. You'd best get planning.
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    8/29/2009 2:15 PM
    I lived in Florida for most of the 90's.  Attending a shuttle launch is one of the many things I regret not doing before I left.  We don't get that kind of action in Oklahoma...lol
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    8/29/2009 3:23 PM
    Damn, well guess that's not going to happen then. =( Ah well, hopefully the next generation of surface to space vehicles will be more spectacular.

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    8/29/2009 3:54 PM
    Based on a short video they ran last night, apparently the next program is largely similar to the Apollo program and is even built with much of the same technology. There is a smaller launch vehicle that sends up an Apollo style capsule that can hold 4 astronauts, and then there is a much larger launch vehicle that can send up cargo plus a lunar module. It looks like a pretty solid design, but neither of the launch vehicles look quite as large as the shuttle with its external tank and boosters.
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    8/30/2009 11:30 AM
    Very cool!  I have to admit that's something I would love to do as well but doubt I'll ever get the chance.
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    8/30/2009 11:30 AM
    How about writing a story about the last surviving shuttles blasting off on a one way mission ; never to return to the earth again. ;;; Lost_Traveler
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    9/1/2009 8:01 AM
    i was fortunate enough to watch a shuttle launch a long time ago...definately the definition of POWER....between that and a Top Fuel dragster lighting off 50 feet away...both are awe inspiring experiences...
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