With SpaceX doing what they’re with unmanned satellite and ISS resupply shots coupled with the upcoming Boeing and SpaceX human-rated test flights, you may get your chance yet.
I know it’s not the shuttle, but a rocket’s a rocket. I’d love to see a SpaceX shot with my own Mark 1 eyeballs rather than on a computer screen.
The chances are there but the ability to go where they’re launching has always been the problem. Now if they’d just build a launch pad in TN or, say, Huntsville, AL, I’m good to go! LOL! It’s just too heavily-populated if something goes wrong. Darn the luck.
But what a thrill it would be to be close enough that the shaking ground and throbbing air would knock you to your knees! What a rush, huh?
Who knows what the future holds? Maybe one or both of us will get to experience the thrill of being there one day.