this video by NASA, of last night's launch of the kepler spacecraft and its delta II rocket from the kennedy space center in cape canaveral, florida, is not the most visually exciting launch i've seen. but i think it's neat to hear updates on fuel usage and the distance the rocket travels in such short amounts of time!!
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~Lorna
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i saw this launch from ~4 miles away. the delta 2 really leaps off the pad. the first 6 solids were visible for a very long time after separation as they arced over. the plume that developed from the first stage engine was very bright and at least the size of the full moon. through a small telescope i was able to see a great deal of texture in the plume... which you can rarely see on video. a must-see-in-person kind of event...
very cool
We're waiting for Wednesday, when the last visually distinct feature of the space station goes up. After that, it's basically done. Too bad nothing gets launched from Nottingham.
Your definitely not a blog of note for your grammar but your pictures and such are sweet.
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I'm from Brazil, rs.
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thanks for sharing your story, sorbethead! i sincerely hope to see a launch up close one day!
trv333 - it behooves one to use proper grammar when pointing out the faults of someone else's! ;) thanks for your comment!
bertonie - i'm from the US and i study astronomy (not astrology). there's a big astronomy meeting in rio in several months!
nice, liked the vid. a friend of mine was down there for a conference, he got to catch the launch in person as well (at least that was the plan). don't know much about rocket types, but from the launches i've seen (none in person yet, still hoping) i agree with with sorbethead, it really jumped on up there.
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