Last night i got to see my first launch! it was a Delta II rocket the Kepler telescope was the payload. The delta II is a smaller rocket and the payload weighed about half as much as 1 of our carriers so something like 2 tons...we have 4 carriers. That means the delta rocket moves way faster than the shuttle.
i watched the launch from the tiki bar on the port, where we went right after work...which meant we were there for like 5 hours. you can tell we've been there for a while from the pics:
I took a nice video of the rocket going up. I was running low on batteries, but luckily it lasted till the rocket just went out of frame. i wish it went a little bit longer, because i didn't capture the sweet roar of the engines.
Wednesday is shuttle launch which i'll get some more footage and i'll make sure i bring batteries!
