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Originally Posted by baddog
I wonder how far away he was; it took 12-13 seconds from when we see it blow to when we hear it; it does not look that far away but it seems like it must be at least 10 miles
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When I shot the first two launches of the Space Shuttle for NASA media back in 1981, it took about 10-12 seconds for the noise/boom to get to where I was. {In front of the countdown clock by the lakes edge}, and that is about 2 1/2 - 3 miles if I recall..