[net.columbia] car passes for Shuttle launches

silver (12/21/82)

After watching STS-3 from 12 miles away on the Merritt Island Causeway
(along with 500000 other bozos), I wondered if there was a BETTER WAY.
Sure enough, there is.  Write to the Public Affairs Office at Kennedy
Space Center, Florida (zip = ??) and request a CAR PASS for the shot of
your choice.  They respond in a few weeks with a postcard telling you 
if you'll get one, are on the waiting list, or what.  The pass is spozed
to get you 7 miles away, on the KSC Causeway.  Haven't tried it out yet;
I'm hoping for a good spot for STS-6.

Also, if you are or know a VIP, you can apparently get limited invites
to the viewing site on the Cape.  Anybody out there a VIP?

				Alan Silverstein
				HP ESD, Fort Collins, Col.