watch things go boom

Hey all, im out for a few days, im gonna go sit as close as possible while someone lights the fuse on 4.5 million pounds of rocket fuel. Flyin down to watch the space shuttle launch in florida. got myself some VIP tickets to sit at the minimum safe launch distance of three miles. Im gonna take a tripod and my camera and see if i can erk out some pics, gonna be iffy though, ive only got a 200mm zoom lens, but i figure its worth a shot. can honestly say ive never tried to take a picture of something from 3 miles away, well see how it turns out. Man i wanna throw a saddle on that thing and ride it on launch :) Anyway, just thought id brag about it and give an explenation as to why i wont be answering any questions for the next few days.

that would be fricken awsome, try and get pics

Hey have fun man. BAB, are you in that pic?

Hey have fun man. BAB, are you in that pic?
no i didnt have my shirt and i had to take the pic

Have fun man, it's a kickass show! Got to go down there with my squadron and do airspace controlling. We were at 10-15 miles and still breathtaking. Kennedy Space Center has a sweet tour too.

Nice but... why fly?

Awesome, sounds like fun. Maybe I'll be able to see it here again (Jax, FL). It was pretty cool being able to see the last one while knowing I was hundreds of miles away. When exactly is the launch again? I forgot.

the news said today that when it launches if its cleal outside we should be able to see it here in tampa. i should drive my ass over to see it launch in person, i went back in 93 to see a launch when i was vacationing down here and the damn launch got canceled. i was so pissed. now i live here i should go see it. i hope everything goes ok this time around.

Dude, that's freakin awesome! VIP, yeah, you're the man.

Hey all, im out for a few days, im gonna go sit as close as possible while someone lights the fuse on 4.5 million pounds of rocket fuel. Flyin down to watch the space shuttle launch in florida. got myself some VIP tickets to sit at the minimum safe launch distance of three miles. Im gonna take a tripod and my camera and see if i can erk out some pics, gonna be iffy though, ive only got a 200mm zoom lens, but i figure its worth a shot. can honestly say ive never tried to take a picture of something from 3 miles away, well see how it turns out. Man i wanna throw a saddle on that thing and ride it on launch :) Anyway, just thought id brag about it and give an explenation as to why i wont be answering any questions for the next few days.


eh... been there done that. Nasa is only about 45 minutes (guesstimate) from my house. I will be watching it from my backyard. Look closely at the contrail you can tell when it switchs fuel sources.

ummmmm ha i just read this thread and laughed the whole way. just cause for me i see and hear and feel every rocket, shuttle, whatever the hell they send up i hear feel and see. it get old after you see it like 20 times a year lol. oh and we got the airforce base and theres all sotrs of shit flying over my house and the beach and stuff. yeah im like 15 minutes from he launch. i can see the space center from the beach i live on.

damn all u people live near me, we all need to get a cruise going...

Well, I guess this all is cancelled for now...

damn all u people live near me, we all need to get a cruise going...

the would be awesome... however count me out. I think it would look odd seeing your car cruising with mine...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/hells_gullet/IMG_0153.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/hells_gullet/camaro1.jpg

and if the shabby appearance isn't enough to cause my invite to be "lost in the mail." My measly 2.8l is only running off 5 cylinders.. I wouldn't be able to keep up with you guys!

i tell u what man, if u are near tampa, and have a bit of money to spend on your car ( not a buttload) but a little to get some work done, i know some people who can get that ride of yours back on the right track. its not a bad looking car at all, and if u ask me i see alot of good things in that car. no need to loose your invite, a camaro is a camaro bottom line. rock it till the damn wheels fall off!

lol, buy the looks of it them wheel are about to fall off... dude must drive it like its a truck, but either way it still looks pretty good, just needs some new paint and it will look tip top, just need to get that engine work done so it will run in tip top

Those pictures are really flattering for my car. I would get it painted, but the roof is rusted completely through in a couple spots so that needs fixed.

I am working on getting the mechanical issues worked out. now that I have some cash.

Alright Philly let me now when you wanna do this cruise, I'll see if I can make it. (I got a new radiator so I can actually get past 5 miles before it over heats!)

i wanna go!!! but i need to break my engine in first. ooooo and i need some mad hook ups... like body work and paint and not really interior but i need all new weather srtipping and pretty much a new roof section cause above the headliner and under the t tops i have a buttload of rust, not visible though but it need some fixing, and my passenger door is rusted on the bottom body line, and my tranny needs some help....and some other small stuff but im outta cash
got like 250 left

You could be worse off 88... I only have $240 and I need a new engine and tranny work.

well, mission got scrubed, didnt get to feel the thunder, but i got some pics of the shuttle on the launch pad, ill see about posting em when i get the roll developed. as far as it being passe, i understand entirely, i live in D.C. and rarley go see the monuments or museams and such, im a mile away from George Washingtons plantation and i havent been in over a year. and i only went cuz i had a friend from out of town come visit. but i dunno, im an aerospace engineering major so to even go see the shuttle was pretty hot, even from 3 miles away through a 200mm zoom lens, she was beautiful, just sitting there. im only hoping i have a chance to go back and see one launch before they stop sending them up. well see.