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Pluto Mission Launch

Started by Brisley, 01/19/2006 07:17PM
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Brian Risley
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Just watched the launch on Nasa TV webcast, then went out to see it, this thing hauled! I am used to a shuttle launch, this was way faster!
Brian Risley
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Lived in Cocoa Beach while working on the construction of Launch Complex 41 which is the home of the Atlas 5 rocket. If you are standing in the town of Cape Canaveral or Cocoa Beach it packs a bigger decibel punch than the shuttle which is virtually silent at that distance. Sounds like a Harley.

The Lockheed Atlas 5 uses Russian rocket motors and raccoons infest the LC41 tower, birds, too. Relevant facts, indeed.

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