What hotel did you stay in Kobi?

 

We stayed at this one:

Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront
1550 North Atlantic Avenue
Cocoa Beach FL 32931
From the water-shot in this pic- the Cape was Northeast.. Couldn't have been more than 3-5 miles straight-line distance. No obstructions- so that'd be a good spot from which to view a launch...

 

Yeah, if anyone ever has the opportunity to tour the kennedy space center DO IT. There's nothing like parking youself underneath that Saturn V

 

What do you guys think that piece of material was that broke off.
Hopefully nothing disturbing.

 

Didn't stay at Cocoa Bch . . .

I had a friend who was on a business trip in Orlando. We play golf together a lot so I decided to meet up with him after his work was done and we would play at World Golf Village and TPC Sawgrass.

While in Orlando I stayed at the Peabody (overrated)

When he was done he headed toward St. Augustine. We stopped at the Kennedy Space Center and spent most of the day there. We were both space freaks growing up as kids so we had to go. It's really something . . . and now, the more I think about it, the more I really want to see a launch live and in person.

If you golf, I highly recommend the courses we played. The King and Bear Course at the World Golf Village (Stayed at the Renaissance Resort at the WGV . . .it's pretty nice) . . .

and we played the Stadium Course at TPC, stayed at the Marriott Resort at TPC, also OK.

I played terrible at both, although I did par the 17th at TPC.

The highlight of the trip . . . The Stadium Course . . .

Second best thing about trip, Kennedy Space Center and seeing the Saturn V !!!!!!

 

What are you talking about???? This flight? I didn't see anything like that, and just checked CNN and no mention of anything . . .

 

Yeah, they showed that in the 8 oclock news here, some half hour ago.
You could clearly see it.

 

I watched the whole thing- right up to when the shuttle seperated from the main tank, and never saw anything break off...

I saw a few firey flares- right before the tank seperation... I didn't expect to see that going up- but I didn't see anything break off... I even saw the tank floating there alone after the shuttle had cleared it and went on its way...

 

You sure they weren't showing footage from the last flight where the debris flew off and hit the underside of the shuttle . . . showing what the cause of the breakup was and why the program had been grounded for two years?

Edited to say . . . never mind . . . see below

 

Hmm. I guess something did break off....

Full story: Shuttle

Excerpt:
Video showed what appeared to be a large piece of debris flying off the external fuel tank two minutes into the flight. The object did not seem to hit the orbiter. Footage also showed what might have been at least two light-colored objects flying off Discovery as the shuttle cleared the launch pad.

Unlike the Columbia astronauts, who had no knowledge of the gaping hole in their spacecraft's wing and no realistic way of plugging it, the Discovery crew has a variety of inspection and repair techniques on board. But they are all untested. And even the best of the bunch could not fix a hole the size of the one that destroyed Columbia.

The astronauts will try out the repair kits on deliberately broken samples of thermal tiles and panels. They will practice working with goo and other patching materials and different types of brushes, putty knives and a caulking gun.

They also will spend their first full day in space using a remote-control, 50-foot boom to inspect the shuttle's most vulnerable areas — the wings and nose cap — for any cracks and holes.

If any serious damage is found, NASA will have to choose between attempting repairs or, more likely, moving the shuttle crew into the space station for at least a month to await rescue by space shuttle Atlantis, which is already being readied for liftoff. Both scenarios are extremely risky.

 

Yeah . . . just saw it on Drudge (I hate to admit I actually visit that site sometimes)

 

I grew up thinking I was gonna be an astronaut. Turns out my parents misunderstood my teacher when she said I was taking up space...

 

Man, guys nothing like being less than 10 miles away from the launch pad! No streaming video, no HD, just pure real life right in front of me action!

Although it did take me 30 min to get to work (@#@)(#$)(#&$%^$*&&#$#, normally it takes 10 min.

In the last 5 years they've added a TON of things to the Space Visitor Complex, and will continue updating/adding for another 10 or so. They're going to add the 'Flight to Space' there like Epcot has (if they havn't already). It's a simulator that makes it seem like you're lifting off into space, not for the weak.

 

There really is nothing like living here, it truly is beautiful. Also having your house shake is pretty sweet. My dad works for Nasa and he said they don't think there was any damage that will be hurtful to it. You guys should see how happy he was/is, everyone around us works for Nasa so it's like a huge ordeal. Big parties tonite.