re: Night launches are so cool.

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I grew up in Cocoa Beach. Until the movie the Right Stuff came out I never realized Alan Shepard, John Glenn & the boys were famous. Cocoa Beach was a very small town in the 60s and to us they were just neighbor

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Now that's an awesome story.

I saw a night shuttle launch from New Smyrna Beach once and it was unbelievable. My cousins were jumping up and down cheering.

I heard the sonic boom once with a shuttle landed, too. It's right up there with an F15 flyover at a ballgame.