I am so jealous of all of you that live in Florida. I’m glad i have a DVR. I hope i recorded the right HD channel that has the launch. I was out at dinner when it happened so I missed it live. The next launch is going to be another big one I believe. First launch of Endeavor since it was taken out of service to get work done.
I agree! Why can’t there be a spot in Jersey where they can launch from? Now THAT would be kool haha. But anyways, I love watcihng shuttle launches! And this one (being at night) was pretty amazing I must say!
I went out to take a look at the launch as well… I took a few pictures, my pictures are nowhere near as impressive looking as the ones posted by Michelle Celio… but if you take into the account that i’m in Rhode Island, it’s pretty awesome…
take a look at my pic here (see the note in the picture for the shuttle):
When they first wanted to get a launch site or two, they wanted to stay away from inhabited areas as much as possible. This was to reduce the number of people who get sonic booms and pollution as much as possible. New Jersey might have tried, but I believe that NYC would have been just downrange, so no go.
You do bring up a very good point. There are way too many people in Jersey to set up a shuttle launch… not the fac tof NYC haha. Just that we are too populated lol. I mean if they don’t want many people (to be concerned with the polution and sonic boom) they may want to try Montana, Utha, Idaho haha. Just kidding! I would love to see a shuttle launch once in my life though =]
