Oosterdam - March 16 Was the shuttle launch visible from the ship?

[aloha43]

Hello all,

 

My mom is on the Oosterdam right now....and I didn't get to go! :mad:

 

Ok, enough of my whining....

 

Last night, at 7:43 pm Eastern time, NASA launched a space shuttle from Florida! The Oosterdam was in the Bahamas a few hours earlier than lift off. Seems it should have been visible if looking West.

 

Did anyone see it? I was just curious if the captain let everyone know that it was happening.

[LAFFNVEGAS]

Yes I read over on another board that a person who is reporting LIVE said that YES she saw the launch :)

Liz who is reporting Live wrote this about it

....We DID see the Shuttle Launch First a streak in the dark sky and then a strange white cloud with light behind it???

 

Pictures of the streak didn't come out well, but the white cloud shows up very well

[aloha43]

Yes I read over on another board that a person who is reporting LIVE said that YES she saw the launch :)

Liz who is reporting Live wrote this about it

....We DID see the Shuttle Launch First a streak in the dark sky and then a strange white cloud with light behind it???

 

Pictures of the streak didn't come out well, but the white cloud shows up very well

 

Thank you!:D

 

Do you happen to know where I can find the link to Liz?

[gentlemancruiser]

Yes I read over on another board that a person who is reporting LIVE said that YES she saw the launch :)

Liz who is reporting Live wrote this about it

....We DID see the Shuttle Launch First a streak in the dark sky and then a strange white cloud with light behind it???

 

Pictures of the streak didn't come out well, but the white cloud shows up very well

 

Hi Lisa,

Did they say how the trip is or going, did they get many at the meet & greet?

Bruce

[LAFFNVEGAS]

Here is where Liz and Carolyn are posting. This starts at the beginning but is interesting.

http://cruise.11.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=2244

[jtl513]

We DID see the Shuttle Launch First a streak in the dark sky and then a strange white cloud with light behind it???

Pictures of the streak didn't come out well, but the white cloud shows up very well

Hmmm ... I wonder what she saw. From our backyard (25 miles almost due south of the launch pad) we saw a normal contrail. Because of the time of the evening, the bottom third was in the dusk, the middle third was a deep orange, and the top third was in the bright sunlight. I took some pics, but they didn't do justice to what it really looked like. :(