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Originally Posted by BillyMac
I've never been to a Shuttle launch, but before I retired from teaching, I would use your adventure as an example of the difference between the speed of sound and the speed of light. I've been told that the observation area is a few miles from the launch platform. Observers first see the light of the launch, and later, from what I've been told about a minute later, the same observers hear the sound of the launch. Did you observe this phenomena?
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I know nothing about the shuttle launch, but I do know that to hear the sound a minute after takeoff, the observation area would have to be approximately 13 miles from the launch site.
I have no idea how far it actually is, but I would be surprised if it's 13 miles away.