Originally posted by RICHARD
No bean burritos before that trip!

Two of the most spectacular things that I was able to do was to walk thru the 747 that carries the shuttle and watching a shuttle come back to the Palmdale facility for refurbishing!

I was walking into the GF's apartment when I heard
the sound of a jet that sounded like it was straining to fly...I walked out to the front door and saw this...

http://www.nasaexplorers.com/show2_9...=01-051&gl=912

...
I had never thought about how the shuttle gets around. Now I know!

It would be mindblowing indeed to be sitting in a plane awaiting takeoff, when the next 747 in the queue has another aircraft stuck to its back!

I'll come with you to Florida; it's one of my dreams to watch a shuttle take off. All that energy being harnessed into one little lift-off - amazing

They are such brave people.