[kj] [Bulk] Re: Latest Blog Post from Youth:

[Neil Perry]

I was there also!
I remember it all just got a bit more gloomy than it already was.

But I recommend ditching whatever plans you have to follow KJ
around and go and see one of the few remaining shuttle launches instead
(allowing of course for the possibility of cancelled-KJ-tour-disappointment
x100
if the bloody thing doesn't launch).

But I've been meaning to do it for 20 years - it was a lot of hassle and
organising but worth it, most amazing spectacle I've ever seen

one of many youtube vids here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jISagq2Uko&feature=related

I was about another 5 miles closer than where this was shot :)
The rumble when the sound wave reached us was incredible,
best bass ever

n

On 7 March 2010 00:22, phil <phil.tofield at virgin.net> wrote:


> you lucky bugger, seeing a shuttle launch has always been an ambition

> of mine. As is seeing a total solar eclipse, and Im unlikely to see

> either now. Went to cornwall for the eclipse in '99, and the only

> clouds in the sky for the whole week we were there was the 2 hours of

> complete cover which obscured the whole event. Didnt see a fucking

> thing. Im still gutted about that to this day.

>

> On Sat, 6 Mar 2010 23:59:24 +0100, you wrote:

>

> >Being an unashamed space nerd, a month ago I acted on a very long-held

> >ambition and travelled to Florida to see a space shuttle launch from

> Kennedy

> >Space Centre. Now this is a risky use of time/money, as it is quite

> possible

> >it will be postponed/cancelled - it is

> >of course the most complicated machine ever built by humans, yet it relies

> >on getting

> >into orbit by the ignition of what is basically a massive bomb. And sure

> >enough,

> >after I had travelled 3000 miles, queued for hours then sat around until

> >4.30am, it was

> >postponed 9 minutes before launch due to various safety reasons. Fair

> >enough,

> >there are six people sat on top of the massive bomb so every precaution

> has

> >to be taken.

> >It was to be expected. But I was still absolutely gutted.

> >

> >Elsewhere, a band fail to get the recording of their new album to coincide

> >with a world tour.

> >I only mention these two things together because ONE OF THEM IS NOT

> >FUCKING ROCKET SCIENCE.

> >

> >N

> >

> >PS: I witnessed the space shuttle launch 24 hours later. And it was

> awesome.

> >So never give up hope, eh?

> >

> >

> >On 6 March 2010 19:42, B. Oliver Sheppard <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net

> >wrote:

> >

> >> I "understand" the reasoning for this.

> >>

> >> But still.

> >>

> >> MOTHERFUCK.

> >>

> >>

> >> -0liver

> >>

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