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11-14-2008, 11:01 PM
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Rep Power: 1 | Shuttle launched tonight
The shuttle went up tonight while I was eating peel-and-eat shrimp at the Fourth Street Shrimp Store in St. Petersburg. I couldn't see it from my table (it was pretty cloudy) but the waiter said he saw it.
Here's the a St. Petersburg Times photographer's view from downtown St. Pete: A picture-perfect shuttle launch | 
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11-14-2008, 11:21 PM
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Rep Power: 10 | It must be cool to have that in the neighborhood.  | |
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11-14-2008, 11:32 PM
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I'd say we're at least 100 miles away from the launch pad.
What's really cool is being close enough to feel/hear the sonic boom when it's coming in for a landing! If you're anywhere near the Cape (Orlando area, even) you can hear it BOOM. | |
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11-14-2008, 11:37 PM
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Rep Power: 10 | We went to see where the rockets took off when I was a kid. We went to Disney and Marine land too. | |
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11-14-2008, 11:47 PM
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Rep Power: 3 | The DH and I took a tour of the Cape many years ago and enjoyed it. They showed the launch during the pre-race stuff for tonight's CTS race at Homestead-Miami.
__________________ Most of all, cook from the heart, and you’ll never be lonely when the dinner bell rings! - Chef Robert Irvin 
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11-15-2008, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Food Network Fan  We went to see where the rockets took off when I was a kid. We went to Disney and Marine land too. | You covered a lot of ground on that vacation. That's Cape Canaveral, Orlando and St. Augustine. | |
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11-15-2008, 11:44 AM
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Rep Power: 10 | Yeah Dad likes to see everything.  | |
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11-15-2008, 11:52 AM
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Rep Power: 1 | I wonder if they are carrying plenty of that freeze dried ice cream. I bought some of that at the NASA gift shop once and it wasn't that bad. | |
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11-15-2008, 12:21 PM
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Rep Power: 3 | And don't forget Tang! The breakfast of astronauts!
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11-15-2008, 12:29 PM
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Rep Power: 1 | Mmmmm. Tang. I remember a little blue moonlander toy in the Cheerios box. At least I think I remember. | |
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