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Originally Posted by ryoungs
I have been told it is possible to watch a Cape Canaveral rocket launch from here in The Villages. Is the launch site too far away from The Villages to watch the rocket going up? If not, can one of you suggest a good place to park my butt and watch that rocket?
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Yes, you can see the launches from The Villages, if the sky is clear. However, your view will be basically a small dot rising and then falling in the sky.
We used to live in Melbourne, and the best place we ever found for watching the launches was the FL-528 causeway between Merritt Island and the Canaveral Port. You're only about 7 miles from the launch sites, about as close as you can get, and you can see them basically from the ground up.
Of course, as someone else pointed out, any launch is uncertain. You could easily drive that 1.5 hours to get there, and then have the launch called off. But it is worth it to see it that close up at least once.