About 10 years ago we watched the shuttle launch, from the deck of a cruse ship, the big red boat. The captain sailed out of the normal route to get us as close as legally possible to the launch site. I realize that might not be a possibility but it was magnificent. You feel the launch in the pit of your stomach and it is high in the air when the sonic booms start as it roars away from earth. My family will never forget that vacation.