I have officially completed a lifes dream and seen a shuttle launch in person.

I've posted a quick batch of launch photos from STS-129 yesterday.

http://www.davebrownphotos.com/Space/STS-129/

( A few select photos... )

I have now seen a space shuttle launch in person with the liftoff of STS-129. Makes the shirt I bought that says "I was there for the launch of STS-129" true.

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We ended up not going to Seaworld on Thursday...got up late and just said to heck with it and went to DownTown Disney and hit DisneyQuest and Cirque Du Soleil's La Nouba performance. DisneyQuest was rather cool, and La Nouba was just mindboggling. I left the performance with dry eyes for fear of blinking and missing something...and I know I missed ( Read more... )

We spent today running around and scouting the Titusville spot for watching the shuttle launch. I think it will do nicely, and from the photos I'm seeing online I don't think being 4 miles closer is worth $230 for commercial tour tix. Has a nice view and you can see the VAB(all 52 stories of it) for comparison during launch ( Read more... )