We're staying at a local state park just across the river to try to see it go. My kids are young but I want them to have a chance to see the last flight of an interesting chapter in American space exploration.
I wish my son was old enough to remember this day. Sadly I'm stuck at work, across the state with black skies and pouring rain.
Yup; sucks to have to watch it on TV from Tampa. There's an Atlas V launch on August 5, though; those are even cooler in some ways.
Thanks for the heads up. I'm over in Spring Hill. I've been here for almost 6 years and never had the chance to get over to the coast and see a launch. Now that the shuttle program has come to an end, I'm really disappointed I never made the time.
what a cool thing to watch. i got a little teary-eyed, remembering my dreams of being an astronaut as a kid. but a bunch of people gathered around my cube at my new desk job, so it wasn't all a sad experience :)