1981, first, second and Eighth Shuttle Launches
Good to have relitives that lived only 60 or so miles away near Dizzy World, would take their chevvy and sleep over nite insidecar and the KSC viewing section near Bannana River and enjoy the festive atmosphere. Can U say TAILGATE PARTY? To watch the Crew Gangway be pulled back through a telescope was awesume, and the roar of the first launch without the water suppression system was like standing next to a NYC Subway when the sound hit. Made the JSC in 1984 or so and was there when they fixed the Solar Max Satt, alot of press and the Mission Control was closed end of an ERA....