Comments on: Nomadic Serendipity and the Space Shuttle Launch

By: James Schipper

James Schipper — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:55:27 +0000

It’s only 2 hours from here, but definitely worth the trip. It’s a nightmare trying to leave, because everyone else has the same idea. I think more spectators are coming out for these final few. We talked to people who came out from Germany just to see the launch.
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By: James Schipper

James Schipper — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:52:56 +0000

Yes, you’d better hurry up and get back down here. There are only 4 more scheduled!

By: Justin Wright

Justin Wright — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:12:00 +0000

We were actually contemplating making the drive as well the night before. I saw the launch on the news and immediately looked up how far of a drive it was. We ended up not going and as soon as I saw it was cancelled I felt better but I still hope to see a launch soon. It’s something I’ve been wanting to see since I was little.
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By: Sandi Wheaton

Sandi Wheaton — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:54:55 +0000

Wow, I too have always wanted to see a launch and never have. I need to plan it, now that they’re ending!

How cool that you got to meet Technomadia there – awesome folks.

By: James Schipper

James Schipper — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:30:48 +0000

It really is worth seeing. We have a friend who works on the site. We have been invited to view from there, but in this case, we would have rather visited with our friends. We might take them up on the offer to visit from there next time. Seeing a launch up close and in person (the sounds, especially) is such a rare treat, you really should do what you can to see it while you can!

By: James Schipper

James Schipper — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:27:44 +0000

They don’t even have a litterbox on that old thing! And who wants to drink Tang for 2 weeks?!

By: James Schipper

James Schipper — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:26:36 +0000

At the rate you two are going, it may be out on the water when we meet next!

Thanks so much again for letting us share your heater all evening, telling us all about the Oliver and letting us invade your home. We both appreciated the hospitality, and seeing the lifestyle firsthand really got the gears turning in her head…

By: James Schipper

James Schipper — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:25:59 +0000

Oh I have no doubt we will see you again. I wish I could have been there to see Sean’s face. I loved how excited he got just talking about how he had wanted to see a launch his whole life, and this was his first.

I’ll be doing another post on your bus shortly, and I will send you some pictures Maria & I took, too.

By: Jay Horowitz - OurTakeOnFreedom

Jay Horowitz - OurTakeOnFreedom — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:50:07 +0000

I had the awesome opportunity to see the November shuttle launch from the press area at Kennedy Space Center, which was a WILD experience. At the time I was still working and the biggest pressure on my mind was that I wouldn’t be able to stick around Space Coast if the launch was scrubbed. (It roared skyward right at the beginning of the launch window.) Now that I’ve quit my job, it’s wonderful that similar pressures are less likely to crop up. My new task to to convince my wife that seeing one of the remaining launches in person is something not to be missed!

By: Kiki

Kiki — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:51:01 +0000

Did you know there is no mischief on the space station? If you hadn’t stopped me from boarding the space shuttle, I would have been really bored by now.

It’s also good that you highlighted the two most important things with photos – the shuttle and ME.

*meow* to you and that nice lady who came over to see me.

– Kiki