>I just checked and there is a shuttle launch scheduled for May 17, 2001 (the day after the conference ends). They often get delayed, but wouldn't it be cool if we got to see it go up? BTW the schedule's available at
>http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/schedule/schedule.htm

It's worth staying just to see. I happened to be at the FPL power facility, which is about 10 miles away on the river, and watched from there. You could see the sound rippling the water as it took off. Very Cool.