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Orlando, Florida |
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| We left Disneyworld's Magic Kingdom in the early afternoon
so that we'd arrive in Cape Canaveral in plenty of time to find a spot
from which to see the launch scheduled for 10:06pm on Thursday, November
30th.
We knew the launch would be soon, but we couldn't hear a countdown since
didn't have a radio, nor did anyone near us. Therefore, we kept a close
watch on the launchpad across the river. All of a sudden we saw a small
yellow-ish light that grew brighter and brighter and brighter. There was
no sound - just a light. The ball of light at ground level started to become
elongated and then in a few seconds we could see two separate balls of
light. One was the shuttle lifting off to the left and trailing smoke and
the other was the reflection in the water. The reflection was beautiful.
Suddenly, seemingly a long time after the initial ball of light - we heard
a "whooosh" sound. The sound was suprisingly delayed. |
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It was thanks to Bob that we knew when the shuttle was launching. He had the idea that we meet in Disneyworld this year just after Thanksgiving. Originally the shuttle was planned for a day luaunch on Wednesday. However, a few months before, it was rescheduled for a night launch on Thursday. We were all excited to se it.
We thought we make make a day of it and explore Cape cavaveral before
the launch, but we found out that morning that the whole area was closed
to tourists on launch days. Therefore, we ended up just driving over towards
Cape Cavaveral about six hours before the launch was scheduled and seeing
where we could watch the launch from. A friendly
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