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[i]...other prime areas include Titusville (12 miles across the Indian River from the Space Center) and the cruise ship port of Port Canaveral, says NASA photographer Ben Cooper, who publishes an online guide to launch viewing, launchphotography.com. "Anywhere else, including the beaches, you won't be able to see the launch pad," says Cooper, who adds that spectators can still feel, if not actually see, the lift-off from Cocoa Beach.[/i]
[i]Francis French, Director of Education at the San Diego Air & Space Museum — "Seeing a shuttle launch, at night or during the day, is very impressive. But driving out to the launch pad the night before a launch is in many ways even more impressive. The shuttle is lit by intensely bright spotlights and the white orbiter and solid rocket boosters gleam against the black Florida sky. Attached to the orange external fuel tank and launch gantry, the shuttle looks ethereal, fragile and very different from the squat appearance it has on the runway. On the pad, ready to go, it looks peaceful and serene, and it is hard to imagine the area will erupt in crackling noise and intense flame just a few hours later."[/i]
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