Launch Rats

is your helpful guide to Space Coast rocket launch viewing. Posts by @aWildLupiDragon. Need launch advice? email us! link's on our website

[Launch Rats @LaunchRats]

Just popping in to post a brief update, rejigged the autumn article with updated information on Psyche and Kuiper, on viewing options amid the looming government shutdown:
https://t.co/e0TMkOwkYi

[Star✦Fleet Tours @StarFleetTours]

Hey space enthusiasts! 🚀

Missed your chance before? Don't worry! Due to the mission delay, we've just opened up more seats on the Falcon Heavy launch viewing charter for October 12th.

Prepare to witness the roar of 27 Merlin engines and the breathtaking double booster landing.

Secure your front-row spot for this historic moment! Send us a message for all the details and book your seat(s) now.

#FalconHeavy #NASA #SpaceX #MissionToPsyche"

[Lupi is on Cowhost @lupi 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @aWildLupiDragon]

I know who I'd be working with already, they're someone I've known a long while, and someone with previous experience making a website for a niche form of tourist attraction. I just need to pay them, lol.

I just... is it frivolous to spend money on that instead of Just On Bills?

[Lupi is on Cowhost @lupi 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @aWildLupiDragon]

Is raising money for that purpose foolish, should I be just raising it to pay my bills directly?

If I did set up such a fundraiser, would anyone oblige me? In the absence of any headway getting a job here, it's about the only straw I have left to grasp at.

[Lupi is on Cowhost @lupi 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @aWildLupiDragon]

Wayward left it a bit of a mess, hard to use both as a writer AND reader.
I want to get it in a position where I'd be able to place advertisements from local restaurants/attractions/etc, stuff that'd complement someone's trip to see a rocket launch. But I need money to get there.

[Lupi is on Cowhost @lupi 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @aWildLupiDragon]

Would it be presumptuous/inappropriate of me to set up a f​u​n​d​r​a​i​s​e​r with the intent of h​i​r​i​n​g someone to help me sort out @LaunchRats?

I was going to use what I had left over from the car accident g​f​m to do so, and then... I didn't have anything left.

[Launch Rats @LaunchRats]

So, that further kills "DM us for launch viewing info" here.

More than it aggressively refusing to show me DM requests already did.

Reminder, the email address and contact form on our website both work if you'd like to get in touch!

[Aerlya Graphics 🌿🎨 @AerlyaGraphics]

🌿 Twtitter artist things 🌿

Non Twitter blue users will no longer be able to DM unless they're followed back! This change should drastically reduce the amount of bot DMs people receive however this means any client that you don't follow will be unable to DM you as well. Don't forget to display your contact info/website clearly!

[Launch Rats @LaunchRats]

@JustHereToShare nothing about how this site has been run in the past six months has ever suggested to me that he has a plan for this site

or a plan in general.

it's run on vibes alone, that much is apparent.

[Launch Rats @LaunchRats]

oh, the 30 days policy is absolutely gonna murder this account, isn't it

just as an update, i've got some of the gofundme money from getting in that accident set aside to hire someone i know for some site updates, i'll know how much after the ambulance bill comes through

[Launch Rats @LaunchRats]

I think it would be very strange of me to start logging into their account to keep twitter from deleting it.

They're gone, and they'll have been gone two years now. If twitter wants to fuck the site over and delete their page, that's their problem

[Launch Rats @LaunchRats]

and that's about it for "i've just checked this twitter for the first time in ages 'cause of the new bullshit inactive account policy" updates

i've already got Wayward's tweets all archived when their account goes, don't worry.

[Heather Scott @spacewordnerd]

Trust me, you want to apply for the next NASA Social at KSC!!!

[Launch Rats @LaunchRats]

New Launch Rats post! Crew-6, and springtime updates. https://t.co/aeYsSEtNp8 🕸 Current launch advice: COVID-19 in Florida is still very much a Thing; please be careful. - Launch viewing question? Tag or DM us!

[Julia Bergeron @julia_bergeron]

Mandatory booster selfie #96
Another Starlink mission

Welcome back B1073

[Launch Rats @LaunchRats]

Good lord, 5 years?
It's hard to believe Wayward's been out of the picture for almost two of those.

[Launch Rats @LaunchRats]

It's definitely more crowded near the top of the bridge, as one might expect.

[Launch Rats @LaunchRats]

Space View and downtown Titusville in general are getting pretty full on parking, forgot it was a Falcon Heavy and what all that entails again lol. Might still be parking at the welcome center, and behind Julia Court, but main/orange/broad/Indian River Street parking is all taken

[Launch Rats @LaunchRats]

The sidewalk on the bridge is definitely filling up. It's nowhere near shoulder to shoulder cramped, but it is filling up.