Tomorrow's Space Shuttle Launch
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Bradley and I under a Saturn V
The NASA building
The Launch f/ KSC
Jenna and I...and Bradley running away f/ the picture...in front of an older shuttle. (notice the belly...she's due in 3 weeks)
The NASA building
The Launch f/ KSC
Jenna and I...and Bradley running away f/ the picture...in front of an older shuttle. (notice the belly...she's due in 3 weeks)
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KSC is the closest you can get (4 miles). The best view however is the KSC causeway (6miles). From KSC you can hear the launch however. Unreal sound, but not terribly loud like an airshow.
As to the distances, in one of the presentations they state that at 400 feet, the heat will kill you instantly, at 800 feet the sound will kill you instantly. At 2000 feet, the shock waves cause the alligators and snakes to attack anything that moves (killing you instantly :chuckles
. They say that the closest safe distance is 3 miles i guess b/c the amount of fuel exploding = atomic bomb blast.
As to the distances, in one of the presentations they state that at 400 feet, the heat will kill you instantly, at 800 feet the sound will kill you instantly. At 2000 feet, the shock waves cause the alligators and snakes to attack anything that moves (killing you instantly :chuckles
. They say that the closest safe distance is 3 miles i guess b/c the amount of fuel exploding = atomic bomb blast.
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From: teh az
KSC is the closest you can get (4 miles). The best view however is the KSC causeway (6miles). From KSC you can hear the launch however. Unreal sound, but not terribly loud like an airshow.
As to the distances, in one of the presentations they state that at 400 feet, the heat will kill you instantly, at 800 feet the sound will kill you instantly. At 2000 feet, the shock waves cause the alligators and snakes to attack anything that moves (killing you instantly :chuckles . They say that the closest safe distance is 3 miles i guess b/c the amount of fuel exploding = atomic bomb blast.
As to the distances, in one of the presentations they state that at 400 feet, the heat will kill you instantly, at 800 feet the sound will kill you instantly. At 2000 feet, the shock waves cause the alligators and snakes to attack anything that moves (killing you instantly :chuckles
. They say that the closest safe distance is 3 miles i guess b/c the amount of fuel exploding = atomic bomb blast.
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I saw a launch from an airplane. It was nasty, we knew it was coming because the pilot said so, but it was still nasty to hear the boom (it was really quiet) and then see this huge trail go almost straight into the sky. Looked alot closer than it actually was.