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Originally Posted by Octane
Damo,
You are so lucky. It is my dream to experience a launch. Is there anything special you have to do like buying tickets or do you just rock up?
Regards,
Humayun
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This website here has some great info about launch viewing, and places to view launches outside of NASA sites.
http://www.launchphotography.com/Shu...h_Viewing.html
There are site around the vicinity that many people go to to see a launch, but to get onto the causeway that is the closest area that the public can view from, you cannot just rock up - you need tickets.
NASA sells launch tickets as mission specific, meaning that you buy tickets for that mission and if it gets postponed you still have tickets for that launch (Not the date).
Could be tricky if you live a long way away and have tickets for something like the upcoming Atlantis launch for the Hubble mission ! That one has been delayed over the months.
NASA causeway tickets for a particular mission go on sale about 4 to 6 weeks before a scheduled launch, and are usually sold out within a couple of minutes, but there is also a tourism company that also have an allocated number of tickets for sale, and although they're more expensive they are available for a bit longer than those 2 minutes
