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- From: e.l.ellis@larc.nasa.gov ()
- Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
- Subject: Passes for shuttle launch?
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 14:33:08 GMT
- Organization: NASA Langley Research Center
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- References: <1992Nov7.071936.21293@ncar.ucar.edu>
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- Keywords: passes, launch
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- smw@sage.cgd.ucar.edu (Steve Welch) writes:
- > Even from eleven miles, it is a very moving experience, by the way. I'm
- >sure others have told you about getting vehicle passes and/or VIP passes from
- >your congressperson. DOD launches are a bitch, but I seem to remember they
- >used to still give out Causeway viewing passes, which puts you about 7 miles
- >away, but with a clear view of the vehicle. From US1 or the press site or
- >the VIP site, you can't see the shuttle until it clears the tower, unfortunately.
-
- Could you tell me a little more about how to obtain passes? I gather that there
- three types: Press pass, VIP pass, and Causeway vehicle pass. The later two
- made available by congressional represetitives. And you recommend the press
- pass first, causeway second, and VIP third. -- Have I got all that right?
-
- I have a cousin who will be in FL for the JAN 13 launch of Endevour (sp?) and
- they've asked me to look into passes for a better view. Also, I work for NASA:
- Langley Research Center, Civil Service. Will that fact give me access to better
- passes?
-
- Yeah, yeah. I know. "He works for NASA and HE'S asking US?!?!" Well, I work
- for LANGLEY: far removed from anything the general public will ever hear of
- (with few exceptions 8*). If I start asking for shuttle info around here, all I get
- are vacant expressions and "Why're'u askin' me?" type responses.
-
- Thanks!
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