A have a friend whose father was and astronaut in the Apollo program (unfortunately he was killed in a flight training accident) . She has said that if I ever make it to a launch she could get me into the VIP section. I really really really need to to this. She says that it is the most amazing thing she has ever seen… the shuttle literally shakes the earth and disappears straight up into the sky. Watching it on TV does it no justice at all…