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Inside the Shuttle Launch Experience
As space shuttle astronauts prepare to launch aboard Endeavor on Wednesday, hundreds of regular folks are learning what it feels like to blast off. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex spent three years and $60-million to build the new "Shuttle Launch Experience" ride to give tourists a deeper understanding oof the ferocious power that launches humans into orbit.
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