We left the vehicle and rode "Thomas" back to the car park, arriving at 10:30 am. Most of the media dispersed to their cars and drove off.
One of our escorts winked at me and suggested that I hadn't got all of the photos I wanted. This seemed like a hint that I should stick around, and sure enough, at 11:25 am I found myself back at the launch pad with a bunch of KSC employees. This time we spent 15 minutes closer to the vehicle than earlier in the morning, and I was able to get into a previously prohibited position from which I could photograph the mission flag and the Discovery in the one frame.
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| Me at Pad 39A for the third time with minidisc recorder ready to do an interview. |
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| Discovery sits exposed on Pad 39A just 19 hours before launch. These five photos have been loosely assembled to show the detail of the launch tower. | |
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| In these three overlaping images Discovery sits in the noon sunshine at Pad 39A. |
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| I was only able to secure this view of the shuttle and flags on my third visit to Pad 39A |
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