Cleaning Day this weekend!

[greywolves]

Howdy,

Copy that, Ed. Will bring elbows.

I’ve been skydiving and drove my car down the drag strip, but im pretty confident having a seat in that cockpit would indeed take the cake!

Have fun John and Sean.

[Bruce R. Schaefer]

Perfect lunch! Kept looking for Sean or JW in the foreground. Oh, they were there taking it in… wonderful!

[John A. WilkeParticipant]

Not to hijack a thread, but I must tell you all about Atlantis. At T+8 hours…. I am still SPEECHLESS. It was extradordinary. I just don’t know what else to say. My wife and I were on the causeway, about 6.5 miles away. Sean was at the visitor’s center.

It was pretty much sensory overload. I looked at videos later, and one thing came back to me — the most vivid thing about the whole launch was the intense light. It was brighter than looking at the sun.

I may come back for one of the next two launches 8) Yowza!!!!!!!!!

[Bruce R. Schaefer]

John, my roommate in college and his dad were going to the last Saturn launch (’74?), and I said no after being invited. I have regretted that my whole life to date! Way to go!

[Warren B. MusselmanModerator]

I still feel privileged…. I saw 11 and 17 live and at an age when it seriously made an impression on me. Also saw the first Shuttle launch. Titusville, the Causeway and Cocoa Beach… will never forget it.

By the way, hijacking a thread for topics such as this is always allowed…

W

[Bruce R. Schaefer]

I remember you said that, Warren. Way to go! Except for really being sick, I was allowed to stay home from school starting in ’59/’60 to watch launches in black & white. Never missed one. Hope Lea is doing well, and getting back to the thread, will see all there Sunday!

[SCOTT EVANS]

Not to hijack a thread, but I must tell you all about Atlantis. At T+8 hours…. I am still SPEECHLESS. It was extradordinary. I just don’t know what else to say. My wife and I were on the causeway, about 6.5 miles away. Sean was at the visitor’s center.

It was pretty much sensory overload. I looked at videos later, and one thing came back to me — the most vivid thing about the whole launch was the intense light. It was brighter than looking at the sun.

I may come back for one of the next two launches 8) Yowza!!!!!!!!!

How do you get tickets? I thought they were all sold out. Do you have to have tickets to be on the causeway?

[John A. WilkeParticipant]

SCOTTEVANS wrote:

How do you get tickets? I thought they were all sold out. Do you have to have tickets to be on the causeway?

We bought a tour package that took us onto the causeway… it was about 2x the cost (ended up costing us $100 extra – $50/ea for my wife and I) but we were good to go. I’d say there were maybe 300 cars on the causeway, and probably 200 buses – so most of the tix were tour packages.

The next launch is the last one that has public access. The causeway is closed for the final launch.

This was a “bucket list” thing for me. I’m so glad I did it.

[SCOTT EVANS]

3dogs wrote:

How do you get tickets? I thought they were all sold out. Do you have to have tickets to be on the causeway?

We bought a tour package that took us onto the causeway… it was about 2x the cost (ended up costing us $100 extra – $50/ea for my wife and I) but we were good to go. I’d say there were maybe 300 cars on the causeway, and probably 200 buses – so most of the tix were tour packages.

The next launch is the last one that has public access. The causeway is closed for the final launch.

This was a “bucket list” thing for me. I’m so glad I did it.

Tell me where to go for the next launch. I thought they were all sold out.
But I guess they dont go on sale till 6 weeks befor the launch. I guess.

May be the bigest thing to go up in a while.

[Ed Dawson]

Back to the cleaning….

We are still on, but it is a muddy, muddy mess out there. We will likely set up inside the barn to stay out of the mud.

Fell free to come by, but be forewarned if you have an aversion to overly wet dirt or the smell of horses.

Probably getting started about 9:00.

Ed

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