I've been lucky enough to see 2 launches from Titusville and am always amazed that you not only see it, hear it, but also feel the launch. Even when you're 5 miles away. I can only imagine what Saturn launches must have been like. Doug KA8QCU
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason White" jason@jason.white.name To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 12:01 Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Discovery
Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL wrote:
I saw one once in person. The one thing that always surprises you
is how
fast it climbs and is out of sight. There was high cloud cover on the launch I saw and in only a few seconds it was already above the clouds.
KB7ADL
When I was young my dad took me up on a large nearby hilltop and we watched a shuttle launch streak across the sky like a bright unnatural meteor.. I was amazed.
Later, when I went to college in central FL, we were at the same latitude as the cape.. On my way to classes I'd occasionally see a launch and the exhaust plumes scattering in the wind and the shuttle streaking skyward and out of sight in a matter of seconds. We were close enough that you could hear it if the conditions were right, and when it would pass through a cloud at night there would be a temporary increase in brightness from the light..
However, it really was never nearly as impressive as when I saw it streak across the sky from that hill in New Hampshire.. it was all over much too quickly.
73,
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