[amsat-bb] Re: Discovery

[Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL]

At 02:41 PM 12/10/06 -0800, Jim Jerzycke <kq6ea at pacbell.net>wrote:
>All you guys (and gals) make me jealous! I've never
>seen a shuttle launch, except on HDNet. I've heard it
>going over numerous times on the way to Edwards, but
>never going up.
>Guess I just have to content myself with my job at Sea
>Launch! ;-)
>73, Jim  KQ6EA


I saw one once in person.  The one thing that always surprises you is how 
fast  it climbs and is out of sight.  There was high cloud cover on the 
launch I saw  and in only a few seconds it was already above the clouds.

KB7ADL