Earthrise

AdamJoshua · 12-20-2013, 08:59 PM

Jeff I grew up 35 or so miles from Kennedy, my dad was a project manager for RCA in charge of setting up radar installations in Africa and down range for the launches, the air base right next to my house was where the astronauts would fly in and out of (in their jets because they were all pilots) back in the day the flew T-38 talons.

We could see every launch perfect from our house, I was too little but my mom told me when the Saturn 5s went up they would shake the ground for minutes and light the sky up like it was day time all over the place, I watched many many launches and watched the Challenger accident from the beach across the street from my house, they closed off all of our beaches because pieces were washing up for weeks after.

The below picture is newer (they still fly planes in themselves now they go to Kennedy instead of Patrick AFB), these aren't the older Talons.

12-20-2013, 08:59 PM	#8
AdamJoshua Article 4 Free Inhabitant Join Date: Jan 2013 First Name: The Other Adam Location: Satellite Beach Posts: 14,787 Trading: (40)	Re: Earthrise Jeff I grew up 35 or so miles from Kennedy, my dad was a project manager for RCA in charge of setting up radar installations in Africa and down range for the launches, the air base right next to my house was where the astronauts would fly in and out of (in their jets because they were all pilots) back in the day the flew T-38 talons. We could see every launch perfect from our house, I was too little but my mom told me when the Saturn 5s went up they would shake the ground for minutes and light the sky up like it was day time all over the place, I watched many many launches and watched the Challenger accident from the beach across the street from my house, they closed off all of our beaches because pieces were washing up for weeks after. The below picture is newer (they still fly planes in themselves now they go to Kennedy instead of Patrick AFB), these aren't the older Talons.