I hope you get to see a shuttle launch before they stop sending them up. We have seen about 5 of them now. Some were at night and that is something to see and hear, the roar of the engines and how bright it is. Some people live in Florida and have never seen the shuttle go up. We can see the shuttle from our house and you can see the two rocket boosters drop off the sides. My dad worked on the Atlas and Titan missile in California back in the 60's. My family got to see a missile test launch from Vandenburg AFB when I was 10. It was great.
2007 launch day at NASA			2007				2007
Nov 16, 2009 From our house			Nov 16, 2009				Nov, 16 2009
Nov 2008 Our first night launch			Nov 2008				Nov 2008
Nov 2008			NASA museum buildings
							NASA "Missile Garden"
			Older missiles in the courtyard