Terry;

When I was stationed at Orlando Air Force Base in 1960-61 I would listen to the short wave radio from the Cape. "Count down, count down, ten minus five minutes"! We knew when a launch would occur and go outside to face east. Up went the shot and you could see the trail as it went. Cool! :)

Tom

>http://english.people.com.cn/200510/12/eng20051012_214001.html
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>Any of you ancient enough to remember NASA satillite and Mercury launches on the B&W TV before heading to school should get CCTV9's cable signal. Lot's of exciting stuff going on in China.