Slightly off topic, but.....

CTS4me · #1 (**permalink**) 07-26-05, 01:17 PM

It sure was nice to see her back in the air again.

From the backyard.......

dqw1 · #2 (**permalink**) 07-26-05, 02:09 PM

Nice pic and looks like you had good viewing area. We had alot our co-workers in the break room to watch the launch. Good job and good luck to NASA.

PAW 47 · #3 (**permalink**) 07-26-05, 02:13 PM

Yeah baby!!! Too bad I had to work today... I was bit miffed last time I took the day off to go see it launch. I sat in my office and watched the live feed from my pc. Since it was too cloudy to see it from my office.

waitebe · #4 (**permalink**) 07-26-05, 02:20 PM

It was indeed a very impressive launch. I still cannot begin to comprehend how they managed space flight nearly 40 years ago...

CTS4me · #5 (**permalink**) 07-26-05, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by dqw1

looks like you had good viewing area

Yep....about 30 miles to the Cape as the crow flies. It's nice not to sit in all that traffic coming back from the cape. I just walk out into the back yard and I have my own personal launch viewing area. It was so clear out today that the launch rattled the windows in the house.

The fun part will be when she comes back...that double sonic boom is loud!

J.E.T. · #6 (**permalink**) 07-26-05, 03:22 PM

I watched it too from my front porch.........best fireworks show there is!! Good luck and God's speed to them.......

JET

Chuck C · #7 (**permalink**) 07-26-05, 04:36 PM

awesome, awesome photo...my heart was in my throat during the entire launch

jteolis · #8 (**permalink**) 07-26-05, 06:04 PM

I was in Tampa taking the FL Bar exam, so I was busy, wish I could have seen it!!

pjohnesq · #9 (**permalink**) 07-26-05, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by jteolis

I was in Tampa taking the FL Bar exam, so I was busy, wish I could have seen it!!

Good luck on the multi-state tomorrow!

jteolis · #10 (**permalink**) 07-26-05, 06:25 PM

Thanx, this is my 3rd time, I passed NYin 92 and Connecticut in 1991, FL has no reciprocity.

AznPrydeRegalRyde · #11 (**permalink**) 07-26-05, 11:56 PM

Ahh, damn, I missed it... Quite the nice pic CTS4Me! Keeper!

I dunno about you guys, but I find it mesmerizing to watch these things take off. It's such an incredible amount of energy! We argue here about which exhaust system is the best for the CTS, and if a Volant is worth it.

The Space Shuttle? IIRC, it's 0-17000 mph in 8 minutes?

IWhat kinda thrust are we talking here?

Just incredible!

MCD40 · #12 (**permalink**) 07-27-05, 12:07 AM

It's definitely breathtaking, and very humbling. I just envy you Florida guys that can watch it off your front porch

TV just doesn't do it justice.

odysseus · #13 (**permalink**) 07-27-05, 09:07 AM

The coolest part of a launch is not just the view and the sound . . . it's the rumble you get in your bones and guts from the shear explosive force of those solid rocket motors. You can feel it for miles. IMHO, night launches are the coolest. From Florida, one can see the engine flames until main engine cut-off after 8 minutes . . . when it's off the coast of New York!

Beautiful pic, BTW, CTS4me

CTS4me · #14 (**permalink**) 07-27-05, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by odysseus

Beautiful pic, BTW, CTS4me

Here's an even better one from a past early morning launch. I have some really cool pictures of a night launch from the VIP area at the Cape. The shuttle commander Eileen Collins is an ex high school student of my fathers and she invited us.

AznPrydeRegalRyde · #15 (**permalink**) 07-27-05, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by CTS4me

Here's an even better one from a past early morning launch. I have some really cool pictures of a night launch from the VIP area at the Cape. The shuttle commander Eileen Collins is an ex high school student of my fathers and she invited us.

Just incredible, CTS4me!