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hertfordnc
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Jul 13, 2015

Jetty Park at Canaveral and rocket launch questions

We have a tent reservation at Jetty Park for next Wednesday, there is a rocket launch scheduled or 8:pm. We will arrive earlier in the day, hang out, fish, etc and then watch the launch (if it happ...
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Doug33
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Jul 14, 2015
Mr. Camper wrote:
back even further we saw Friendship 7 and Apollo III.


That goes back a LONG time! Did you mean Apollo 11, or AS-203 that was an unmanned Saturn 1B test launch in 1966?

I always wanted to be down there for a launch. The closest I got was a family trip in 1970 when Apollo 13 was on the launch pad, but wasn't launched for another few weeks due to delays. i'm probably the one that jinxed the mission! LOL

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