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Originally Posted by Blown353
Very cool.
I received a NASA launch invitation for STS-125 (the team I led built a lot of the stuff going up on this particular mission)-- so I get to hang out about 3 miles from the pad in some special VIP area when they light it off. 
Being that by popular vote the best "public" offsite launch viewing area is about 12 miles away in Titusville (and by all accounts it's still a great show) being 3 miles away should be awesome. 
I just hope the launch isn't pushed back, otherwise I may have to fly home and miss it. 
Still looking forward to checking out the visitors center/museum at KSC and all the stuff around the area. |
That's pretty cool. You're never going to experience anything like it. 3 miles is about the closest safe distance you can get to. Good luck with that.