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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe launch was beautiful.
Memories of watching night launches from my home in Delray Beach.
bdamomma
(63,962 posts)how many of wish we could send a particular POS in the outer limits. and his followers.
My Pet Orangutan
(9,345 posts)That's how it felt to me.
PCIntern
(25,655 posts)I think back to those Mercury launches from the early 1960s and how we watched the networks for hours before and after.
tavernier
(12,425 posts)TMI??
So long ago, husbands one and two passed.
But still a thrill to watch and remember when it all started.
I like the imagery. Rocket engines disgorging gigantic amounts of exhaust!! Kinky!!
tavernier
(12,425 posts)But years later we moved to Florida. I watched the Challenger blow up short miles away from our home, and to this day my heart races and I have to look away from each launch.
Earthshine2
(4,044 posts)for all of a minute or so.
And then, out of sight.
tavernier
(12,425 posts)I had private duty patients on the beach. We lived in Pompano so on launch nights they invited me to stay.
We are in the keys now for many years. The only wild thing we see in the sky is an occasional water spout. (Although I swear there was a UFO, but thats another story, and perhaps there was alcohol involved)
Earthshine2
(4,044 posts)To our alien overlords ... may they visit us one day.
Cheers!
tavernier
(12,425 posts)Im one of those nuts who communicates with (non-alcoholic) spirits, so your alien pals dont bother me a bit.
Princess Turandot
(4,790 posts)Night launches are indeed beautiful.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)edbermac
(15,951 posts)All you see is an orange flame.
Ahpook
(2,751 posts)The beach was lit up like a candle. It was amazing! We would hop on our surfboards and ride the night. Great times
I was visiting family in Clearwater, and could STILL see a night launch brilliantly.
The energy coming out of those rockets are indescribable!
BumRushDaShow
(130,028 posts)tavernier
(12,425 posts)Where captain fantastic claims he designed and launched it.
BumRushDaShow
(130,028 posts)ga_girl
(184 posts)Apollo 17, from the Parkway Viewing Site.