I have a quick question on view tickets from the KSC lottery. Are the tickets transferable? I may be getting a new job and I'm not sure if I will be able to get the time off. If I win the lottery and get a ticket, can I give it to my Dad to use if I can't?
I am going to launch a Q&A page on the wiki, I will be digging through launch viewing threads looking for all the questions I can to try and make that another resource for people to use.Anyone, feel free to add in any of the pages. If you are unsure of formatting, just find something in the page that is formatted the way you want and copy/paste and edit. Or just write up what you want and let shuttlefanatic or myself know if you need it formatted.http://wiki.launchwiki.com/index.php?title=Question_%26_Answer_Page
I have a quick question on view tickets from the KSC lottery. Are the tickets transferable? I may be getting a new job and I'm not sure if I will be able to get the time off. If I win the lottery and get a ticket, can I give it to my Dad to use if I can't?Thanks
Quote from: Furner on 06/01/2011 01:40 pmI am going to launch a Q&A page on the wiki, I will be digging through launch viewing threads looking for all the questions I can to try and make that another resource for people to use.Anyone, feel free to add in any of the pages. If you are unsure of formatting, just find something in the page that is formatted the way you want and copy/paste and edit. Or just write up what you want and let shuttlefanatic or myself know if you need it formatted.http://wiki.launchwiki.com/index.php?title=Question_%26_Answer_PageOr, answer someone's question here in great gory detail, and we'll link to the post from the wiki - i.e. structure it like an index. We certainly don't want to take anything away from NSF! There's already a link pointing to pumaknight's photo guidance thread in the 134 forum (http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=24885.0).
If somebody registered with NASA for the ticket lottery gets an email from them, please post here. I'm sure lots of people would like to know when KSC starts the process.Regardsducdan
OK, so if the launch scrubs after you've boarded the bus to the causeway, you have to buy new tickets for the next attempt and they might not be for the causeway??? Is getting in line at the VC the only way to get new tickets, or could you call or go online to get them and pick them up on a will call basis? So your original ticket is good to watch from VC, but if you want another bus ride out to the causeway, it will be another $50, and those are limited, right?So in theory, if your original tickets are to watch from VC, you could be first in line to buy Causeway tickets for the next attempt (before the busses get back from the Causeway)??From the KSC site:A. NASA Causeway Launch Transportation Tickets - Launch Postponement Your Launch Transportation Ticket is labeled VC LTT STS-134 ADULT (or CHILD). This ticket provides transportation to the NASA Causeway launch viewing site. This ticket will be collected from you when you board the bus to the launch viewing site. If launch is postponed two scenarios are possible: 1) If you board a bus to the NASA Causeway and launch is postponed, all elements of this ticket are considered used in full. While you will no longer be able to access the NASA Causeway, you will be invited to return for the next launch attempt with your Visitor Complex admission ticket. Return viewing will be from the main Visitor Complex grounds. Please keep your vehicle placard to return for the next attempt. 2) If launch is postponed before you board a bus, your Launch Transportation Ticket will be valid for the next launch attempt to view the launch from the NASA Causeway.
[So in theory, if your original tickets are to watch from VC, you could be first in line to buy Causeway tickets for the next attempt (before the busses get back from the Causeway)??
We attended STS-134 launch on 5/16 with Causeway tickets (orange). When we boarded the bus, KSC staff took those Causeway tickets and gave us in exchange little papers which read:Launch Transportation Ticket VoucherIn the event of a delay of STS-134 Endeavour, the bearer of this voucher may redeem it at Ticket Plaza windows 13 through 16 for the priority purchase of 1 (one) Launch Transportation Ticket for the next launch attempt of STS-134 Endeavour. The cost for the ticket is $21.20 and there are only a limited number available on a first come, first serve basis. This voucher is not a bus boarding pass and is not a guarantee that tickets will be available. Tickets must be purchased by May 16, 2011 at 12:00 P.M.
If we can visit the day before the launch will we be able to do the guided tours (I think it's called today and tomorrow) where you get close to the launch pads and see Atlantis on the launch pad?
Quote from: Ommanipadmehum on 06/06/2011 08:02 pmIf we can visit the day before the launch will we be able to do the guided tours (I think it's called today and tomorrow) where you get close to the launch pads and see Atlantis on the launch pad?Welcome to the site, Marcus! I need to clarify something here - tours stop running before the RSS is retracted and Atlantis is revealed on the pad. This occurs about 21 hours before liftoff. With launch set for 11:40 am EDT on July 8, count on the tours stopping early in the afternoon of July 7.Last I checked, the tour is called "KSC: Then & Now" (you were close). It takes you to a small observation post between the two launch pads along the shoreline. From there, you'll be able to see the external tank and solid rocket boosters in all their glory, but you won't see the orbiter at all. She's not visible until after liftoff unless you're on the causeway, at which point she's visible all through the count.
Quote from: nathan.moeller on 06/06/2011 09:04 pmQuote from: Ommanipadmehum on 06/06/2011 08:02 pmIf we can visit the day before the launch will we be able to do the guided tours (I think it's called today and tomorrow) where you get close to the launch pads and see Atlantis on the launch pad?Welcome to the site, Marcus! I need to clarify something here - tours stop running before the RSS is retracted and Atlantis is revealed on the pad. This occurs about 21 hours before liftoff. With launch set for 11:40 am EDT on July 8, count on the tours stopping early in the afternoon of July 7.Last I checked, the tour is called "KSC: Then & Now" (you were close). It takes you to a small observation post between the two launch pads along the shoreline. From there, you'll be able to see the external tank and solid rocket boosters in all their glory, but you won't see the orbiter at all. She's not visible until after liftoff unless you're on the causeway, at which point she's visible all through the count.KSC has both the "Today & Tomorrow" Tours and the "Then & Now" tour. By what I read at the KSC site the T&T tour is the one that gets you closest to the launch pad isn't it?http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/discover-nasa.aspxI just checked the booking calendar and for entry of one it looks like the first morning tour on 7/7 is sold out. The later ones may be too for larger groups?
Quote from: Endeavour Forever on 06/06/2011 06:18 pmWe attended STS-134 launch on 5/16 with Causeway tickets (orange). When we boarded the bus, KSC staff took those Causeway tickets and gave us in exchange little papers which read:Launch Transportation Ticket VoucherIn the event of a delay of STS-134 Endeavour, the bearer of this voucher may redeem it at Ticket Plaza windows 13 through 16 for the priority purchase of 1 (one) Launch Transportation Ticket for the next launch attempt of STS-134 Endeavour. The cost for the ticket is $21.20 and there are only a limited number available on a first come, first serve basis. This voucher is not a bus boarding pass and is not a guarantee that tickets will be available. Tickets must be purchased by May 16, 2011 at 12:00 P.M.Thanks for the info, that makes sense to me. So the Causeway ticket holders would be the only ones that would be holding a voucher that would entitle them to get a chance to buy a bus ticket for the next go-round. So those whose orignal tickets to watch from the VC, would not get such voucher and could not buy LTTs before the busses get back from the scrubbed attempt---