Most flights down the Eastern Seaboard to Florida fly within a few miles of Cape Canaveral and the views of the launchpads are quite spectacular. Most passengers are half asleep with the blinds down and couldn't care less, but I think it's worth pointing out. Done this trip maybe 30 times and the cabin crew have never pointed it out so maybe it's a security issue. Worth checking out.
To be fair CT, I'm struggling to draw the line between interesting posts and showing off, as they say. Any advice appreciated.
Made a visit to the Kennedy Space Center when we were over that way 5 years ago Sota, when my trip to see you was washed out. Was lucky that we picked a day a Titan rocket launch was being made and got to watch it from the Space Center viewing area. Quite a few miles from the pad and not a big rocket but still pretty awesome. It was interesting to see the size of the Saturn V rockets they used in the Apollo launches, all that work they put into those massive things just to trick Brin into thinking it was real
Last edited by CAMiller; 30-05-2020 at 06:35 AM.
Will it get the lift off tonight 8:30ish here, probably won’t be able to see it
According to the BBC
For skywatchers in the UK, the Saturday flight is less favourable for catching sight of the capsule coming overhead. The first pass following lift-off comes when conditions are too light (just after 20:40 BST). The second pass, at around 22:15 BST, is better, but the vehicle will be very low on the horizon in the southwest.