Went outside this morning about 3 minutes after the launch. Saw this bright object moving across the sky. Thought this was the Rocket and how it was a “dud”.
Turned out it was just a satellite moving across the sky.
2 minutes later, the SpaceX showed up. Much more impressive than pictures can show.
My son goes to UCF, and depending on the weather, there may be a launch during the “Space Game” on October 30th.
If he can see it, tell him to go. The one time we were in Florida when a launch was scheduled, we went to the cape and the launch was cancelled.
It is his senior year, he has seen numerous.
He interned with NASA last summer and has an almost guaranteed job after graduation with them when he graduates.
I grew up in Orlando in the 60’s and we used to watch all the launches from Mercury thru Apollo. During school, they’d let us go out on the playground to watch. Mom and Dad took us to the Cape to watch Scott Carpenter go up in Aurora 7. That was the only one that I got to watch actually leave the launch pad.