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[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by Baz

STS 125 Atlantis on May 11, 2009

This was the last of our shuttle missions that went to the Space Station.

Wow Baz,

I wish I could have been there for that... Last time we visited the Cape, I was hoping to see any type of launch. Fantastic place to tour.




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[Baz]

Originally Posted by bugstrider

Wow Baz,
I wish I could have been there for that... Last time we visited the Cape, I was hoping to see any type of launch. Fantastic place to tour.

Hey Bugs - sorry you were not able to see one in person. It's a very unique experience and one that I will always remember with pride and awe. BTW, I went back and corrected my comment about STS 125 - it was the final mission to the Hubble - not the ISS.

Most of the shuttle launches I watched from my front yard (see pic below) or the beach a couple blocks away. That one STS 125 i was able to get a pass to get closer and watched with a good friend of mine from Michigan and his son.

I actually have some slides somewhere of the very first shuttle launch, which I took from the roof top of our family's Winnebago, which we drove down to Cape Canaveral on that very special occasion. They came out pretty good.

Yesterday, the 16th, you know, marked the final launch date in 2003, of the Columbia, doomed to disintegrate 16 days later upon re-entry due to a piece of foam breaking off of the external fuel tank and striking and damaging the left wing of the orbiter at launch. You may remember they shut the shuttle program down for two whole years afterwards (similar to when the Challenger blew up) until re-starting back up.

Here's Atlantis (STS 129) from my front yard.....

[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by Baz

Hey Bugs - sorry you were not able to see one in person. It's a very unique experience and one that I will always remember with pride and awe. BTW, I went back and corrected my comment about STS 125 - it was the final mission to the Hubble - not the ISS.



Most of the shuttle launches I watched from my front yard (see pic below) or the beach a couple blocks away. That one STS 125 i was able to get a pass to get closer and watched with a good friend of mine from Michigan and his son.



I actually have some slides somewhere of the very first shuttle launch, which I took from the roof top of our family's Winnebago, which we drove down to Cape Canaveral on that very special occasion. They came out pretty good.



Yesterday, the 16th, you know, marked the final launch date in 2003, of the Columbia, doomed to disintegrate 16 days later upon re-entry due to a piece of foam breaking off of the external fuel tank and striking and damaging the left wing of the orbiter at launch. You may remember they shut the shuttle program down for two whole years afterwards (similar to when the Challenger blew up) until re-starting back up.



Here's Atlantis (STS 129) from my front yard.....

Hey Baz,

Fantastic pictures!!

Yes I remember the day STS-107 came home.

That particular morning I was retrieving my motorcycle from our shed before my commute into Sac for work. I looked up before going in a noting how clear the sky looked and the gazillion(technical term) stars visible. Upon backing the motor out, I looked up again because of the bright purplish phosphorescence trail moving from west to east directly over the house caught my attention, created by a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed. Wondered about it then had to get going. I walk into work to find everyone glued to the news talking about the brake-up. Interesting that I also know what I was doing when the Challenger disaster happened. Walked right into my High School library to catch the launch just in time to see the explosion. My father recalls the college class he was in when they announced JFK's assassination. I guess it's human nature to cement significant events we are interested in into our grey matter when they occur.

Another interesting factoid we learned on our tour of the Cape was with regards to the metric tons of water they dump during ignition.

If I recall, it's not for fire suppression which is what I thought at first. I didn't realize it was for sound dampening. Guess the minimum safe distance is 3 miles, all due to the harmonic frequencies created during engine burn that can cause fatal internal damage to the human body.

Maybe someday I will be able to catch a launch, fingers crossed.

Violation Alert! I failed to post pictures that I took.editing now and inserting.

Grumpy coworker in the morning. One of the best movie quotes comes to mind. "If I was as ugly as you, I'd be a poster boy for a prophylactic". I think this applies to this case.


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My Neighbour and her family...

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^^^Those are some really nice pics, seafeye!

More pics of my Mako 19.....currently trying to rebuild her trailer so I can get back in the water this year....

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Out snow shoeing in the park behind my house

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[Baz]

^^ Love that runway pic!

Wedding on the beach last Friday.

Pics taken from the deck of one of the properties I take care of.

I stopped by to check on things and eat an apple while waiting to meet a friend of mine to discuss his landscaping....and discovered the wedding. Pretty cool, although I'm happy to be single myself.

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About 50 miles off shore during a sailboat race, watching the sunset.

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Righted the boat for you. Nice shot.

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It was emptied Saturday at noon. Had 3/4" in it then from Friday's storm. This was just a few minutes ago.

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Waikiki Beach last week


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Capistrano Beach CA.


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Ice rink this morn





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