[LH] Re: It must be laughing

[Neal Mulvenna]

Karen wrote:
>Got up at 2:15 a.m. to watch the STS-123 Endeavor liftoff --
>spectacular and heartstopping, no matter how many times you see a
>liftoff. The sky last night was that crayola color "midnight blue"
>with some low clouds then a large gap and a ceiling of very high
>clouds. Above the roofs came a yellow glow in the low cloud cover,
>then the long, white and orange flame shot up into the clear and lit
>up the sky for several minutes. The booster stage separated and
>dropped off, and then the shuttle vanished behind the upper level
>clouds.
>
>The shuttle and booster are easily visible from my house through
>binoculars, and though we couldn't hear the launch last night,
>sometimes if the wind is from the right direction the sound of a
>launch will be faintly audible here after a few minutes, several
>hundred miles away.

OK, Angela, now let's see what you can do.........................

By the way, many years ago we were at Cape Kennedy touring. Nothing was
scheduled that week and it was overcast, but suddenly something monstrous
took off. We weren't aware that they didn't announce military launches
from the Cape.
.
Regards,
Neal Mulvenna