On Nov 9, 7:50*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 15:56:57 -0800 (PST), Jack
wrote:

It's worth seeing a launch if you ever get a chance.

We have (had) this thing called the space shuttle here in Florida.
Any idea what class that might fall in to? * :-) *

It's way cool watching it launch.

Yes it is.

Even more cool is a Saturn V. A Shuttle launch is *mild* compared.

Supposedly riding on a Shuttle is like riding in a fast car. Riding
on a Saturn V is like being hit by a truck.

The Saturn V launches broke windows on the mainland. 7.5 million
pounds of thrust coming off the pad. Kerosene and LOX. Un-freakin-
believable.

Today's astronauts are no wimps, but they *can* be teachers and such
for a reason. Armstrong, Aldrin, Lovell, Shepard, and of course,
Glenn... all of them, had big, knobby ones. Amazing what they, and
NASA, did.