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From: mikevp@proper.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt)
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Subject: Re: Discovery flight postponed again
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Date: Tue, 18-Sep-84 02:14:53 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 18 02:14:53 1984
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<< This line is a figment of a deranged imagination >>

I got an opportunity to visit the Vandenburg shuttle launch site about
a year ago, and there just isn't any place for anyone to watch it from,
whether the Air Force wants to let them or not.  The launch site is on
the coast, and surrounded by hills.  I'm pretty sure you would get a good
view of it as it rose over the hills, but the only place you could see
it take off and survive is from the ocean.