Is a rocket launch worth doing?

[Lola]

Don’t know about current ones but I remember watching a Space Shuttle taking off years ago and it was great

[Florida25]

We enjoyed it, had a distant view but good to see it and hear the sonic boom. Enjoyed an hour of warm evening sun on the beach too

[Thorpy]

Originally Posted by Florida25

We enjoyed it, had a distant view but good to see it and hear the sonic boom. Enjoyed an hour of warm evening sun on the beach too

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... and in years to come, you can say you did. I woke both of my kids up and my nephews to watch launches over the years.

[tspill]

I think it would definitely be worth seeing.
We saw a space shuttle launch years ago and it was probably one of the most spectacular things I have ever experienced. It was more special as it was a night launch so was dark.

[Horizons]

Last August we were picking up our tickets at the Kennedy Space Centre entrance gate one morning and the staff member casually said, "if you look over there, a space x rocket is about to go up"...

Sure enough, moments later we saw one go up by pure chance!

Was amazing to see it break through the sound barrier followed by a sonic boom!

I was also lucky enough to see one of the shuttles go up back in 2007... Amazing experience!

[Potato]

I was on a cruise this year and we saw a Falcon 9 go up from just outside of the exclusion zone off the KSC shoreline; definitely a bucket list item. Currently SpaceX are putting up at least 1 a week so at this cadence odds are you are more likely to see at least 1 launch. I am hoping to see a Falcon Heavy or Vulcan Centaur go up next year but my optimism knows no bounds.

https://nextspaceflight.com/ is the site to watch for all scheduled launches.

[jayc89]

I always regretted not being able to watch one of the Shuttles launch - I think one of the last scheduled launches was during a previous holiday of ours, but it was delayed a few weeks which meant we missed it

[LRMD]

The rocket launches are cool but wished I’d seen a shuttle go up! On my last trip I had Space 220 booked but the same night there was a rocket launch, thought I’d rather see a proper rocket go up instead so cancelled and went to KSC by uber! Went the Marriott Titusville roof bar to watch, it was so worth it!

[cornishfrogboy]

It depends very much on the Rocket.

A Shuttle was astonishing and I guess that SLS is too. A Falcon Heavy must also be impressive and when it moves from Texas, I don’t doubt that Musks Space X Starship will be spectacular.

[EdinMickey]

Definitely worth seeing, though I think I was more excited than the kids!

There was a SpaceX Falcon (I think) launch on our penultimate day in February this year. We had been to the KSC a week earlier and so watched it from distance from inside Epcot in the early evening. Still a great thing to witness, but next time I think we'd like to get closer.