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Old 10-27-2014, 01:24 PM
 
Location: Virginia-Shenandoah Valley
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Unfortunately we left today and are now at Ocean City. Although sitting on our 10th floor balcony overlooking the ocean is pretty cool. We spent most of our time at Assateague and some of my sunrise and sunset pics came out extremely nice.
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Old 10-27-2014, 02:33 PM
 
Location: Wandering in the West
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You might be able to see it from there too. I'm headed for the MD side of Assateague tomorrow, where the ponies are easier to see and my dog can walk on the beach. The only negative about Chincoteague, for me... not very dog friendly at the refuge.
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Old 10-27-2014, 05:40 PM
 
Location: Virginia-Shenandoah Valley
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You might be able to see it from there too. I'm headed for the MD side of Assateague tomorrow, where the ponies are easier to see and my dog can walk on the beach. The only negative about Chincoteague, for me... not very dog friendly at the refuge.
Delayed due to a stray boater from what I've heard. AAAHHHHHHH.
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Old 10-27-2014, 06:05 PM
 
Location: Wandering in the West
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You should've seen the line of traffic headed out of Chincoteague! Glad I was going the other way. I drove down to Assawoman - 4 miles closer to the launch site. The Wallops visitor center was already full and cars lined up all the way across the bridge an hour before.

So tomorrow at 6:22 pm... but tomorrow will be windier, so who knows. Think I'll park somewhere closer though.
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Old 10-28-2014, 08:32 PM
 
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Delayed due to a stray boater from what I've heard. AAAHHHHHHH.
Were you still in OC today and if so, did you feel the explosion? A Ch 4 reporter was saying he had talked to his parents who live in OC and their house shook at the time. We were trying to watch it as I streamed the NASA feed live and still didn't grasp at first that it had exploded. What a shame, and probably what a mess for Orbital Science.
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Old 10-28-2014, 09:16 PM
 
Location: Wandering in the West
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I wonder how far away it could be heard?

I was about a mile from the launch site, filming it, and didn't grasp that it had exploded either. I never even saw the rocket... maybe looking at my camera button at that second. The ground didn't shake where I was, but the noise was sky-splitting - like 2 sonic booms a few seconds apart. I think I read $472 million was the price tag on that rocket.

That was something to behold, for sure. My video is too huge to post, but I snipped a couple of frames from it and had one picture of the grass burning afterward.
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Old 10-29-2014, 07:59 AM
 
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Be Free, thanks for the pics. I grew up watching the space race and my inner geek comes out with anything related to it. Regretted I've never seen a rocket launch and then to see this happen. I know it's nothing new, lots of them blew up in the '60's. It is still disappointing, especially since I have no doubt this will turn political before its done.
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Old 10-29-2014, 12:19 PM
 
Location: Wandering in the West
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You're welcome - and probably right about it turning political. It had a Russian engine:

U.S. rocket explosion probed; space station resupplied

Same engine that blew up in a test last May.
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