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- Subject: Re: Launch Pass
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.103911.4281@titan.ksc.nasa.gov>
- From: dlr@testeng.ksc.nasa.gov (Doug Reed)
- Date: 23 Nov 92 10:39:10 EST
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- In article <69814@cup.portal.com> BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn) writes:
- > <deleted>
- >
- >A Car Pass for Space Shuttle launches will put you on the NASA Causeway,
- >a strip of land crossing the Banana River between Kennedy Space Center
- >(on Merritt Island, Florida - between Cape Canaveral and the mainland) and
- >the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (on Cape Canaveral proper.)
- >The NASA Causeway is about six miles due south (in the middle) of
- >Launch Pad 39A and about seven miles south of Launch Pad 39B. This location
- >is probably the best all-round viewing location for launches of the
- >Space Shuttle, but there are some qualifiers...
- >
- >There are pros and cons to both sites, but if you can get a pass, definitely
- >go out to the NASA Causeway! The NASA Causeway site is equipped with
- >loudspeakers broadcasting commentary from Shuttle Launch Control (the same
- >as NASA-Select TV) so you'll know what's going on even if you don't have
- >a radio. However, be advised that traffic on the Causeway can be terrible.
- >My advice is to take plenty of food, drink, and sunblock and plan to spend
- >a lot of time waiting. It's a smart idea to take some fold-up chairs and a
- >picnic set-up, too.
- >
- >Pros for the Titusville area are easier access and a faster getaway after
- >the launch. Cons are that some riverside locations charge you for the
- >priviledge of parking there (ah, capitalism at work) and a radio station
- >carrying launch coverage may be hard to find (keeping you in the dark as
- >to what's happening in Launch Control.) Further, a morning launch may be
- >lost in the rising sun as seen from Titusville. (If the launch is scheduled
- >for within two hours of dawn, go down to Cocoa Beach instead.)
- >
- > <deleted>
- >
- >-Brian
-
- Shuttle launch coverage is listenable on 146.940 (K4GCC ham radio
- repeater) and runs throughout the entire mission.
-
- Also, no alcoholic beverages are permissable on the space center.
-
- -Doug
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