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In article <69814@cup.portal.com> BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn) writes:
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>A Car Pass for Space Shuttle launches will put you on the NASA Causeway,
>a strip of land crossing the Banana River between Kennedy Space Center
>(on Merritt Island, Florida - between Cape Canaveral and the mainland) and
>the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (on Cape Canaveral proper.)
>The NASA Causeway is about six miles due south (in the middle) of
>Launch Pad 39A and about seven miles south of Launch Pad 39B. This location
>is probably the best all-round viewing location for launches of the
>Space Shuttle, but there are some qualifiers...
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>There are pros and cons to both sites, but if you can get a pass, definitely
>go out to the NASA Causeway! The NASA Causeway site is equipped with
>loudspeakers broadcasting commentary from Shuttle Launch Control (the same
>as NASA-Select TV) so you'll know what's going on even if you don't have
>a radio. However, be advised that traffic on the Causeway can be terrible.
>My advice is to take plenty of food, drink, and sunblock and plan to spend
>a lot of time waiting. It's a smart idea to take some fold-up chairs and a
>picnic set-up, too.
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>Pros for the Titusville area are easier access and a faster getaway after
>the launch. Cons are that some riverside locations charge you for the
>priviledge of parking there (ah, capitalism at work) and a radio station
>carrying launch coverage may be hard to find (keeping you in the dark as
>to what's happening in Launch Control.) Further, a morning launch may be
>lost in the rising sun as seen from Titusville. (If the launch is scheduled
>for within two hours of dawn, go down to Cocoa Beach instead.)
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>-Brian

Shuttle launch coverage is listenable on 146.940 (K4GCC ham radio
repeater) and runs throughout the entire mission.

Also, no alcoholic beverages are permissable on the space center.

-Doug

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