OMG, that's SOOOO cool!
The NASA shuttle Discovery launched tonight from Florida. We saw it from here! It took about 6 minutes to be able to see it, and we were about to go in when I shout "LOOK!"
Sure enough, there it was! Moving across the Southern skies, at a rather shallow looking angle! We saw (we think) when they stopped the main thrusters, and went to manual burst. It was really, really cool to see!
Ironically; I live in Florida for 2 1/2 years, but never saw a launch while we lived there! We lived 200 miles from the launch area, and now we're about 1,200 miles away! I've seen rockets launch when we lived in Kodiak, which was close-range (30 or so miles) and very cool, but they were supplies and other equipment, not people.
Oh, I managed five hours of sleep Friday night, and four hours last night... wonder if I can sleep tonight?
Sure enough, there it was! Moving across the Southern skies, at a rather shallow looking angle! We saw (we think) when they stopped the main thrusters, and went to manual burst. It was really, really cool to see!
Ironically; I live in Florida for 2 1/2 years, but never saw a launch while we lived there! We lived 200 miles from the launch area, and now we're about 1,200 miles away! I've seen rockets launch when we lived in Kodiak, which was close-range (30 or so miles) and very cool, but they were supplies and other equipment, not people.
Oh, I managed five hours of sleep Friday night, and four hours last night... wonder if I can sleep tonight?