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Old 01-16-2013, 09:24 AM   #1195
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Originally Posted by atma View Post
I actually flew down to the Kennedy Space Center and watched the final launch of the Space Shuttle. The first flight was when I was a young, impressionable boy and I've grown up with it being a part of my life. It was pretty emotional watching that launch. so perhaps I missed it, but are you an actual shuttle astronaut, Overflow?
Unfortunately, no, I'm not a Shuttle astronaut. But I've been considering eventually joining the Astronaut corps after the Air Force. I do help document shuttle activities for nasaspaceflight.com, though.

I was on the KSC property the day before STS-135. It was more than cool to be able to see the final time an orbiter, and my favorite Space Shuttle, would be on the launch pad ever again.

How many launches have you attended?
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