Space Launch Viewing

[rushca01]

My wife and I took the kids to Orlando for the week. We visited Kennedy space center back in 2017 and by chance as we are sitting here at the resort I asked my wife to see if anything is going on at NASA. Well, there is a Falcon 9 launch tomorrow!! I know we have some FL natives here, best place to view the launch? This is bucket list item for me!

[Gabriel556]

Years ago I went to a viewing area for a Shuttle launch at the space center. Unfortunately they scrubbed in the last 10 seconds. But we could see the shuttle complex pretty clearly. That was well before the web though. I did find this link that may be handy. https://www.visitspacecoast.com/launches/launch-venues

[jbjh]

If you can grab tix at the center, they have 3 and 5 mile areas. Both are amazing.

I saw a launch a few years ago, and it’s the most Newtonian physics event you can see: The largest non-nuclear explosion on the planet is shoved thru a nozzle causing a tube to tear a hole in the atmosphere. I could feel the heat from the launch pad 5 miles away! And the roar was amazing. Then at some point in the flight, they literally turn it to 11! There’s nothing like it.


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[TehLlama]

Just plain old Cocoa Beach is fairly rad, although closer can be nicer. Partial to the beach, because worst case, you're at a beach while stuff is on hold.