Gorgeous Shuttle Launch

[RICHARD]

Awesome is putting it mildly. I only regret that everyone doesn't get to see it so close up and personal.

I have to settle for fighter jets at airshows.


Tell me,

Why is it you get LES when you are in the preseence of something like that?

I get a kick out of the flyby at a NASCAR race.
I have to hide my eyes when I go to an airshow and a jet makes a flyby.

I have heard sonic booms by Chuck Yeager, the Space Shuttle and a bunch of other air ships and it always gives me the chills....

It's just a noise, or a sight to behold....

A shuttle launch is the last thing on my list....

Of course, a back seat in a Blue Angel's plane is number one....
But I have to be realistic, so until them....

[Pawsitive Thinking]

We have a "local boy" up there!

[gemini9961]

Terry I missed the launch yesterday but I have seen them before. At my parent's house here in Dade City we can see the shuttle go up, but it's not like seeing it up close. I have had the chance to see a night launch over there. I am not real sure where we were but we were across the water. My goodness, it was like daytime when that shuttle took off, bright as could be. I don't recall it being super loud, as we were quite a bit away. But we could feel the ground shake for sure. I also recall seeing the Challenger disaster even though I was just a kid. I was standing out by my parent's pool and my Mom ran in to see what happened. Seeing them up close (as close as you can get) is a truly awe-inspiring event.

Richard,

I get goosebumps when they have fly-by's at the Bucs games when I go. Makes me immensely proud to be an American and know we have such awesome things as these.