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    From Mike Dippel@954:895/1 to All on Sunday, July 23, 2023 21:13:16
    Not necessarily a hobby, but my family loves to view the launches from Cape Canaveral.
    We were able to view it tonight from our back lanai. It's wonderful to look into the sky and
    see the orange fireball travel upwards into the clouds.

    It is 143 miles by car to the Cape, (less by as the crow flies), but the view is still amazing.

    Mike Dippel

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  • From Ewing@954:895/29 to Mike Dippel on Monday, July 24, 2023 21:17:38
    Re: SpaceX Launch
    By: Mike Dippel to All on Sun Jul 23 2023 09:13 pm

    Not necessarily a hobby, but my family loves to view the launches from Cape Canaveral.
    We were able to view it tonight from our back lanai. It's wonderful to look into the sky and
    see the orange fireball travel upwards into the clouds.

    I would be inclined to think that if plane spotting is a hobby, then spacecraft spotting definitely is!

    That's something that I'd love to see one day. While I've watched countless videos of launches I can't even imagine what it'd be like to see in person.
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  • From Mike Dippel@954:895/2 to Ewing on Monday, July 24, 2023 08:50:18
    On 24 Jul 2023, Ewing said the following...

    Re: SpaceX Launch
    By: Mike Dippel to All on Sun Jul 23 2023 09:13 pm

    Not necessarily a hobby, but my family loves to view the launches fro Cape Canaveral.
    We were able to view it tonight from our back lanai. It's wonderful t look into the sky and
    see the orange fireball travel upwards into the clouds.

    I would be inclined to think that if plane spotting is a hobby, then spacecraft spotting definitely is!

    That's something that I'd love to see one day. While I've watched countless videos of launches I can't even imagine what it'd be like to
    see in person. --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux

    We actually were one mile away from the Cape during the last official government launch years ago. That was awesome!

    But we get at least 1 launch per week usually, and we try to see as many as we can, limited only by cloud cover.

    Mike Dippel

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  • From SirRonmit@954:895/45 to Mike Dippel on Monday, July 24, 2023 07:50:06
    Not necessarily a hobby, but my family loves to view the launches from Cape Canaveral.

    Lucky - I'm jealous .. I only get to watch from live broadcasts.

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