45 mins of close ups from some of the 125 cameras, not your familiar stuff.
Ascent - Commemorating Shuttle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2VygftZSCs
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Very nice. Have only watched a little so far. Saved for later.
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Excellent photography but - its still just a giant firework, to me.
I wonder why they don't use a ramp system, like International Rescue.
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In December 2006 I was in Orlando on business and was able to watch a Space Shuttle launch. It was a completely clear, cloudless evening. I have not seen or heard anything like it before or since. Just the memory of it makes the hairs on the back of my neck stick up. Absolutely amazing.
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The heaviest launch that I have witnessed was of a Saturn 5 Skylab in 1973, I was 30 miles away at Patrick USAF base to the south of Cocoa beach, you could feel the ground shake and the sound was an incredible crackling roar louder than any thunder.
Absolutely unforgettable.
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