View from VPF stairwell. atlas is just to left of white building in centerJust before I left Florida, there was another Atlas V launch. They were launching a satellite called the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and another thing called LCROSS. LRO is going to orbit the moon and take pics and info to, i believe, investigate landing sites for future moon visits. LCROSS is going to smash into the surface of the moon to help research in aging craters (i think).
Atlas V on right between lightening rods. white building is the rolling support structure that protects the rocket while on the pad.anyway, we watched the launch from a fire escape of an abandoned processing facility next to ours. it was actually where they did the launch preps for the past HST missions. the funny thing about the building, is now that its pretty much abandoned, the fire escape is always inhabited by tons of vultures. they sit on the railings all day and wait for something to get hit by a car. problem with that is the railings are grosssssss. and it smells.
Vultures hiding in the tree after we scared them away. There were like 30 of 'em in there!but it was a nice view from up there, here's some more pics and a movie of the launch!
