STS 118 Endeavor launch set for Fri nite, Nov 14.
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Gonna try, again, to catch a shuttle launch. Tried twice, and am 0-2. Third time.......
It is not those who use the term "Islamo-Fascism" who are sullying the name of Islam; it is the Islamo-Fascists. - Dennis Prager
" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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Good luck! I hope you make it!!! Details?
Chaplain of the 76th Independant Battalion
...it's worse than you know...Operative
...it usually is.....Mal
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Are you going to the launch or are you in
the area and planning to be out with a scope
or binocs?
bun
Frisky Browncoat
bastards launched my turtle
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Easier to just be downrange and catch it flying over.
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Quote:
Originally posted by FloralBunny:
Are you going to the launch or are you in
the area and planning to be out with a scope
or binocs?
bun
Frisky Browncoat
bastards launched my turtle
Oh, I won't have tickets to BE at the launch proper, I'll just cruise down there and hope to find a decent spot near by to scope it out. I wanna hopefully feel those engines throttle up. I'd likely be on the northern side of the Cape, since I'll probably be staying in Daytona.
It is not those who use the term "Islamo-Fascism" who are sullying the name of Islam; it is the Islamo-Fascists. - Dennis Prager
" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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Envy, envy, envy.
Heh.
Would love to see a shuttle once...
Where we are we can enjoy all manner of
launches from VAFB, including feeling
that rummmmmmmmble, but it's hard to get
pre-announcements, then they're postponed,
etc. Not to mention being scheduled for
wee, cold hours.
We especially love evening launches which
can be seen up and down the Coast, prompting
weird calls to radio programs. "No, it's
huge and they are really coming to get us
this time!"
bun
Frisky Browncoat
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FB, VAFB=Vandenberg Air Force Base?
Chaplain of the 76th Independant Battalion
...it's worse than you know...Operative
...it usually is.....Mal
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fillygirl wrote:
Wednesday, November 05, 2008 03:49
FB, VAFB=Vandenberg Air Force Base?
Yes, indeedy.
I missed last night's little party --
it was at 1:00AM and I was all worn out
from the election, catching some ZZZZZs.
bun
Frisky Browncoat
bastards singed my turtle
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Thanks for the reply, I been there several times, I'm an Air Force brat, even born in an military hospital.
Oh well, there will be other times. Sleep is important,..
Chaplain of the 76th Independant Battalion
...it's worse than you know...Operative
...it usually is.....Mal
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fillygirl,
I've been there a few times myself, one of
the best being not officially "there" but on
an Amtrak train northbound, sent to a siding
directly to the ocean side of one of the big
launch pads while we waited for a southbound
train to come past. Beautiful clear day, blue
sky, and the sun setting slowly as the lights
came on and a lot of personnel stood in the
big structure and watched us watching them...
One year we were just leaving our polling place
after voting when a big, flaming rocket zoomed
out toward the Pacific Test Range. Lots of voters
stood around, observing.
"Your tax dollars at work," I said, and we
moseyed on home.
bun
Frisky Browncoat
trust your Range Safety Officer
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