Final Cape Canaveral Titan 4

[Swampcat]

History-making Titan 4 rocket put on the launch pad<br /><br /><blockquote><p align="left"><font color="orange">BY JUSTIN RAY<br />SPACEFLIGHT NOW<br />Posted: August 25, 2004</font>/p><br /><p align="left"><font color="orange">By the time the sun rose over Cape Canaveral this morning a bittersweet moment had finally arrived for hundreds of workers as the final Titan 4 rocket to fly from the Florida spaceport reached its launch pad.</font>/p></p></p></blockquote> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>

 

[rocketwatcher2001]

A Titan IV was the first unmanned rocket I ever saw launched from Cape Canaveral. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

*sniffs*<br /><br />The last Titan IV from Cape Canaveral..... It makes me kind of sad. I always wanted to see one launch, and I don't think I have any chance of getting down there for this one. But maybe I can wrangle a trip to visit relatives in California for the absolute last Titan IV, which is planned to fly next summer from Vandenburg. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[rocketwatcher2001]

Calli-<br />February isn't a bad time to come down to Florida, not bad at all. Come on! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[rocketwatcher2001]

I was wondering the same thing, maybe it takes 6 months worth of prepwork, but that seems unlikely, to me. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

<blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>February isn't a bad time to come down to Florida, not bad at all. Come on!<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br /><br />Along with the other snowbirds, right? <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> Most folks consider February a great time to get out of Minnesota (it's typically the snowiest month, and often the second coldest). I'll have to think about it! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[rocketwatcher2001]

<font color="yellow">Most folks consider February a great time to get out of Minnesota</font><br /><br />That's probably when I'll be on the MSP run. Did I mention I was up there about 2 weeks ago? You folks have a nice airport cargo facility, very friendy too. I hope I upgrade to First Officer before winter. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[drwayne]

I'd offer to put you up at our house, BUT<br /><br />(a) You can't get much farther from the Cape than our house and *still* be in Florida<br /><br />(b) My son is a cute flirt, so both you and Ada would be in serious danger.<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>