We were set up right in front of the elevated broadcast towers for CBS, NBC
and ABC. As I recall, ABC had originally set there tower up facing away
from the launch pad.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "R. Jackson" <jackson.robert.r@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] First shuttle launch
> You know, growing up in Florida, those early shuttle launches were like
> exotic camera shows wrapped up in a carnival. There would be thousands
> of people there all night before the launch. There used to be this
> strip of road right on the water where everyone parked. I don't think
> you can park there anymore. Anyway, all night long you could hear
> radios coming from cars tuned to NASA's information channel. Come dawn
> the photographers would all start setting up and the variety of bodies
> and glass would always blow me away. Just tens of thousands of dollars
> worth of gear. Some people with two or three rigs set up. I went to
> three or four of the early launches. The last one I went to was a year
> or two before Challenger and the number of people there was a fraction
> what it had been for the early launches. An interesting moment in
> history, though.
>
> And a cool photo, too. Nice job.
>
> -Rob
>
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