I recently found some items from the past. I still had the parking pass from my sister and Brother in-law that was working at Patrick Air Force base back then. The day before shuttle launch of STS-51 I had just graduated from my MOS school in Virginia. I drove for 12 hours non stop until I made it to my sisters house at Merit Island to attend the launch.
STS 51 pass Kennedy Space Center Rules
The liftoff was picture perfect and the shuttle really moves fast up to its destination.
