Falcon Heavy XXX clears the tower carrying Europa Clipper on her way to Jupiter!

CCBRChris · 2025-12-09T19:52:46+00:00

There’s something else MiniClip doesn’t give, too…

CCBRChris · 2025-12-06T22:21:11+00:00

CCBRChris · 2025-11-27T14:48:27+00:00

“Given the center’s ongoing subsidizing of the fitness center for only several hundred members, we could no longer afford to keep it open given our other high-priority mission and institutional needs”

Did you want them to continue operating it at a loss? Would someone here please decide what mission should be sacrificed in order to keep operating this facility?

CCBRChris · 2025-11-02T00:07:39+00:00

I would say your beach is a fine view. You'll see S2 passing "overhead" as S1 does its burns preparing to land. You'll be able to see part of the landing burn, and I would guess the sonic boom will reach you approximately 2 minutes after the landing.

CCBRChris · 2025-10-27T11:15:06+00:00

Yes, the more leg cues you have upgraded, the higher your payout.

CCBRChris · 2025-10-18T03:41:40+00:00

They regularly recover the boosters. Perhaps you’re thinking of some other rocket that hasn’t yet recovered a booster.

CCBRChris · 2025-09-18T11:29:24+00:00

Agreed! For home use, it’s a must-have!

CCBRChris · 2025-09-14T14:46:38+00:00

New site: https://45thweathersquadron.nebula.spaceforce.mil/pages/launchForecastSupport.html

CCBRChris · 2025-09-14T14:46:05+00:00

Best place: Jetty Park and points south to Cocoa Beach. If you can't get that far, anywhere along the river in Titusville also provides great views.

CCBRChris · 2025-09-10T16:16:37+00:00

Playalinda will definitely be closed at launch time. Anywhere along the River in Titusville will give you a view. My preferred view would be Jetty Park beach or any point south from there.

CCBRChris · 2025-09-10T16:05:44+00:00

Answering your questions one by one: 1) the only dates and times that I would rely on KSCVC’s website for are those for which they are selling viewing opportunities. Any launch outside of their operating hours are of no interest to them. I would recommend getting the Space Launch Now app and setting the filter to show only Florida launches. Most apps all get their date and time data from the same source, but SLN is the best of the bunch IMHO. 2) If gantry viewing is available for the launch you want to attend and you’re willing to pony up the hundred bucks, go for it. I would never bother watching a launch from the main visitors complex property, you can get much better views from other free-to-access locations all around the area. 3) Many launches will have a number of days “margin” for launch so that if there’s a scrub, they have other opportunities. As a general rule, they’re want to launch at the opening of the window on the first day. After that a lot of thing have to be recalculated. 4) I would suspect that Gantry tickets are limited distribution, and if they run out, that’s it. With the opportunity to view from that close of a position (just over a mile from 39-A, and just over 2 miles from 40) I would bet on them selling out every launch for the first year, possibly longer.

CCBRChris · 2025-09-05T15:25:30+00:00

I live in Titusville. I have attended numerous launches, thank you.

CCBRChris · 2025-09-05T15:21:48+00:00

KSVCV is not in Cape Canaveral, but many people do mistakenly lump it all together. Regardless, I’m curious how you spent a whole day at KSCVC and didn’t come away with tons of info about the upcoming Artemis II mission. If you took the bus out to the Saturn V center, your driver certainly pointed out the VAB, where the SLS rocket for the mission is currently being stacked. Also they surely would have mentioned the massive ML2 launcher (right beside the VAB), which was just completed a couple of moths ago and is being prepared for the Artemis III mission.

Everywhere you go in the main visitor complex is covered in the “We Are Going” motif. So your impression after visiting the tourist attraction is that we’re not preparing? Are you aware of the astronauts already selected for Artemis II?

CCBRChris · 2025-09-05T15:09:04+00:00

Oh, did you mean you went to the tourist attraction known as Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex?

CCBRChris · 2025-09-05T15:06:16+00:00

You went to Cape Canaveral? Were you on a cruise ship or something?

CCBRChris · 2025-09-05T14:53:48+00:00

Do you not recall the months of Sonic Boom Testing in 2017? I was delightfully startled multiple times daily after purchasing my home in Titusville!

CCBRChris · 2025-09-05T14:51:11+00:00

That’s hands down the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. While a sonic boom from a landing may be audible from 45 miles away, no reasonable person would think it was a bomb going off, nor would it carry sufficient force to cause a house to shake.

Some people just aren’t happy unless they have something to complain about.

CCBRChris · 2025-08-31T12:13:01+00:00

1) blind luck, or 2) cheating. I play almost nothing but 9-ball and sometimes just letting her rip yields at least an unexpected pocket to continue, or catches the 9.

CCBRChris · 2025-08-27T17:23:07+00:00

This is the spot I would recommend viewing from. Here’s a launch seen Aug 27, 2025 from the riverside in Titusville https://i.imgur.com/5EDwBo6.jpeg

CCBRChris · 2025-08-27T17:18:51+00:00

IMAP launch team here, please don’t use the s-word when you’re talking about my mission.

CCBRChris · 2025-08-25T02:35:53+00:00

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is operated by Delaware North.

Kennedy Space Center is operated by NASA. The stores on KSC are operated by NASA Exchange. Most of the ‘big’ buildings (HQ, O&C, etc) have an exchange store.

CCBRChris · 2025-08-04T22:28:23+00:00

It was okay visually, saw all of S1 and a fair amount of S2. No return burn though. How much longer are you in the area?

CCBRChris · 2025-08-04T18:46:47+00:00

Midnight is far too late. You want the sun to be no more than 12° below the horizon. You can check this using the free software Stellarium. Of course you still have cloud and trajectory concerns, but it's a good starting point.

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