Watch a rocket blast off

[Atma]

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va.

 

[general eclect]

Cool, hope it all goes to plan. Another step in the right direction...

 

[AntimonyER]

I miss rocket launches. Living in FL I took them for granted. Hopefully it is successful!

 

[Atma]

I'll always regret not seeing the shuttle blast off in person.

Now I never will.

 

[AntimonyER]

I'll always regret not seeing the shuttle blast off in person.

Now I never will.

A night rocket launch is almost as good. Try to get in on one of those someday if you can.

 

[LoopyD]

For some reason I'm thinking "Major Tom".

It would have been nice, I hear the view is quite breathtaking.

 

[dustwun77]

Rocketdyne had a program to teach electronics to when I was in high school.

One time they loaded a bunch of us on a bus and carried us to a site, I think it was in Simi Valley, and we got to watch them test a rocket.

They did it right around dusk and it was VERY impressive!

Looked a lot like this.

http://up-ship.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/f1-13.jpg