NASA Missions and Launches?

Question

Can anyone go and see a mission launch? I want to go and see one with my husband. What is required, how do you go about getting in, and so on. Just curious. I was on the NASA website, but didn't really see how to get in, just the calender. Thank you.

Answer 1

It depends which space center you are watching the launch from. Stand on the mainland or if you are lucky outside the fence, you can get a good view that way without paying even for parking. Otherwise, I suggest getting a launch pass.

This should help you out more:

http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/launch...

http://goflorida.about.com/od/capeportca...

Answer 2

It seems pretty straight forward to me.  They give the lauch schedule and they sell tickets...

Answer 3

You can see the launches from anywhere in the vicinity, and not just from on the actual site at the cape. You could hardly hide the launches if you wanted to - they're pretty spectacular and leave a very visible exhaust trail going up into space.

I've witnessed two launches of the space shuttle, both from across the Indian river over in Titusville, FL. (there are riverside parks right beside US-1. You just go to one of these parks, and look out across the water, and you can see just fine). I'm sure that you can get closer and watch them from the visitor center itself as well, but obviously they're going to keep crowds at a safe distance just in case things go wrong.

You can always call them and ask - I'm sure they answer that question at least once a day. :)

One thing - plan to spend extra time down there because launches can be delayed due to weather, equipment not passing diagnostics, or problems at the emergency landing sites over in Europe. They're even pickier about everything being just right nowadays after having had two fatal disasters with the shuttle, so don't plan on the launch happening exactly when the schedule says it will.

Answer 4

the crew of Apollo 11 and subsequent astronauts had faked their orbit around the Moon and their walk on its surface by trick photography, and they never got more than halfway to the Moon. the radiation belts prevented humans from reaching the moon.

Lack of stars in the pictures and collins saying he didnt remember seeing any stars is quite telling.

The quality of the photographs is implausibly high.

The color and angle of shadows and light are inconsistent. often showing a second or third light source was used.

Identical backgrounds in photos are listed as taken miles apart.

Cold-War prestige

Money — NASA raised approximately $30 billion to go to the Moon. in the 60's that a lot of tax payer money.

Problems early in the space program were insurmountable

To fulfill President Kennedy's 1961 promise "to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."

still some think it was real and maybe the video and photography was faked to show the world.

only Nasa and the astronauts know the truth.

maybe china will find out for us soon. if they don't see anything on our landing sights ,nasa will be exposed.