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>In article <72445@cup.portal.com>, BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn)
> writes:
>
>>  Oh, and despite what has been posted here from time to time, the
>>  SPACEPORT USA tourist attraction DOES NOT provide bus rides to see
>>  a Shuttle launch. The facility DOES NOT open until something like
>>  two hours after a launch on the day in question....
>>
>Tickets to see STS-53 were available from the ticket office a week before
>the launch. The facility opened at 3am, some 4 hours before the launch to
>admit those with tickets either for their vehicles or for the bus tours.
>
>I can't speak for the other launches, but we certainly watched the launch
>from the causeway courtesy of Spaceport USA.
>
>Gavin Syme

    I don't think we are talking about the same thing. You seem to be
    referring to the launch passes (which are free if you write to
    NASA or your congressman). I was unaware that Spaceport USA was
    now issuing these, and I stand corrected if so.
    
    However, UNLESS YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE PASSES you cannot get onto
    Kennedy Space Center until two hours after launch. The posts I
    was referring to implied that Joe Public could go out to the Cape
    (Spaceport USA) on launch day and get a ticket to ride a bus out
    to see a launch. This is not true.
    
    Regarding your experience on STS-53, did you get a "ticket" to
    drive your own car out to the viewing site, or did you just get
    a pass to the Spaceport USA facility, and then catch a bus from
    there?
    
    -Brian
    
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