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- Path: sparky!uunet!mjbtn!fincomp!root
- From: root@fincomp.raidernet.com (Neal McClain)
- Subject: Re: To view or not to view ...
- Organization: Financial Computers Corp., Murfreesboro, TN
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 16:34:09 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Sep03.163409.1042@fincomp.raidernet.com>
- References: <2AA3F8C2.16642@ics.uci.edu>
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- In <2AA3F8C2.16642@ics.uci.edu> cdibble@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Clifford Thomas Dibble) writes:
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- >How far away is the viewing area from the shuttle's launch pad?
- >Is it worth going all the way to Florida to view a launch? I'd
- >appreciate any travel tips or advice. Thanks in advance.
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- I saw a night launch from New Smyrna Beach which is about 25 miles
- from the cape. It was without a doubt the most awesome display of
- power and light I've ever seen (noisy, too). I can't imagine what
- it would have been like from only a few miles away.
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- By all means, go watch.
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- Neal McClain | Beam me up Scottie, there's no intelligent
- Murfreesboro, Tn | life down here!
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