🚀 go-pugleaf

 smw@sage.cgd.ucar.edu (Steve Welch) writes:
> Even from eleven miles, it is a very moving experience, by the way.  I'm
>sure others have told you about getting vehicle passes and/or VIP passes from
>your congressperson.  DOD launches are a bitch, but I seem to remember they
>used to still give out Causeway viewing passes, which puts you about 7 miles
>away, but with a clear view of the vehicle.  From US1 or the press site or
>the VIP site, you can't see the shuttle until it clears the tower, unfortunately.

Could you tell me a little more about how to obtain passes?  I gather that there
three types: Press pass, VIP pass, and Causeway vehicle pass.  The later two
made available by congressional represetitives.  And you recommend the press
pass first, causeway second, and VIP third. -- Have I got all that right?

I have a cousin who will be in FL for the JAN 13 launch of Endevour (sp?) and 
they've asked me to look into passes for a better view.  Also, I work for NASA:
Langley Research Center, Civil Service.  Will that fact give me access to better
passes?

Yeah, yeah.  I know.  "He works for NASA and HE'S asking US?!?!"  Well, I work
for LANGLEY:   far removed from anything the general public will ever hear of
(with few exceptions 8*).  If I start asking for shuttle info around here, all I get
are vacant expressions and "Why're'u askin' me?" type responses.

Thanks!