We planned on getting there an hour ahead of time, but left 15 minutes late. We were within 3 miles at 8:45, and had a parking space in the overflow by about 9:05 to 9:10. The shuttles were not doing well, so we walked to a very good spot along the road, and had a great view of the burn. Next time, I’ll give us 90 minutes before the burn….unless I see more news stories, in which case, I’d go even earlier. (Just a data point for future plans.) And it was funny, on both Siegfried’s (much better, higher resolution) film, and mine, someone said “Wait for it!” in the period between the burn starting, and the blast/noise hitting us. It is worth seeing, at least once, because who doesn’t enjoy big noisy explosions, fire, and clouds of smoke rising in the bright morning sky?!
On Mar 12, 2015, at 5:48 PM, Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org> wrote:
If we would have planned for an hour ahead of the 9:30 event I suspect we might not have made it. Thanks for sharing this. As a result of some projects at work, I wasn't able to go. That was neat to see and hear a rocket motor tested again.
Question for Siegfried, did you really need to go that early or would an hour before have been enough? Just wondering for future events.
Thanks, Dave
On Mar 11, 2015, at 11:22 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:
In case you've not seen it yet, Siegfried got a great video of this morning's test fire at ATK:
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=783073001770404&pnref=story
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