NASA shuttle launch help please

this site has some very useful info and includes lodging info.

As to up close and personal, you have to know someone that works for NASA.

http://www.sworld.com.au/steven/space/shuttle/guide.txt

I want to go to one this year and haven't been in 23 years!

Anyone have advice on where to stay, etc?

How do you get up there where you can feel the heat?

I have no idea other than google but I look forward to the pictures!!! Mr OL and I watched Astronaut Farmer yesterday...you could just build one yourself.

I want to go to one this year and haven't been in 23 years!

Anyone have advice on where to stay, etc?

How do you get up there where you can feel the heat?

No advice on where to stay, but I will call my peeps in DC and see what they can do for you. How many people in your party?

Best way I remember as a kid was from a pontoon boat on the Indian River.

www.vrbo.com

There are a lot of places around Cocoa Beach. Major Nelson and Jeanie lived there so it must be pretty close.

There are a lot of places around Cocoa Beach. Major Nelson and Jeanie lived there so it must be pretty close.

Ultimately you can see it from a very large area. It's all based on line of sight. If you want to see it leave the launch pad though you have to be at the Cape or on a boat.

If you don't have NASA connections, I'd just go for a hotel room on the north side of Cocoa Beach- watch from the beach and then walk back to your room instead of getting caught up in a traffic jam.

If you're there the day after when the touristy stuff is open on the cape again, the Cape Canaveral Then & Now tour is really neat. When we took it, the tour leader was a guy who worker for NASA for 30 years and loved sharing all kinds of stories.

You can see the launch from pretty far away but if you go to the Ft. DeSoto state park you can get pretty close (I think it's close to 10 miles away). There is an area perfect for viewing where you can see the shuttle from across some water. Other people know about it but I don't think it's nearly as crowded as the NASA area, and I think the viewing distance is about the same.

Wherever you end up viewing the launch, I can't wait for the pics!!!!