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And got close to it, my whole thought was oh, my god, it's big. and this is going to go 17,500 miles per hour? >> more than half a million people crowded the beaches around cape kennedy this morning to witness first-hand the first space shuttle launch. >> t minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4. we have gone for main engine start. >> we added a giant fuel tank to it and two solid rocket boosters that are the largest pop bottle rockets on the planet. when you light that puppy it's going somewhere. >> america's first space shuttle and the shuttle has cleared the tower. >> "columbia" houston, you're going 4...

Thought was, oh, my god, it's big. and this is going to go 17,500 miles per hour? >> more than 500,000 people crowded the beaches to witness the first space shuttle launch. >> t-minus 10, 9, 8, 7. >> we added the largest pop bottle rockets on the planet. when you light that puppy, it's going somewhere. >> america's first space shuttle. and the shuttle has cleared the tower. >> columbia, houston, you're going 40. >> in the mission control center, it's only after the fact that you get into orbit that your mouth drops and you calm down. you go, wow. that's amazing.

>> first time i saw columbia and got close to it, my whole thought was, oh, my god, it's big. and this is going to go 17,500 miles per hour? >> more than 500,000 people crowded the beaches to witness the first space shuttle launch. >> t-minus 10, 9, 8, 7. wrsterer >> we added the largest pop bottle rockets on the planet. when you light that puppy, it's going somewhere. >> america's first space shuttle. and the shuttle has cleared the tower. >> columbia, houston, you're going 40. >> in the mission control center, it's only after the fact that you get into orbit that

Big. and this is going to go 17,500 miles per hour? >> more than 500,000 people crowded the beaches around cape canaveral to witness the first space shuttle launch. >> t-minus 10, 9, 8, 7. we've gone from main engine start -- >> we added a giant fuel tank to it and rockets which are the largest bottle rockets on the planet. when you light that puppy, it's going somewhere. >> america's first space shuttle. and thshtle has clearethe tower. >> columbia, houston, you're going 40. >> i am in the mission control center, it's only after the fact that you get into orbit that your mouth drops and you c...

With complex software. >> computers are absolutely necessary to fly a spacecraft like the shuttle. it's the most sophisticated, most complex system that has been put into space yet. >> first time i saw columbia and got close to it, my whole thought was, oh, my god, it's big. and this is going to go 17,500 miles per hour? >> more than 500,000 people crowded the beaches to witness the first space shuttle launch. >> t-mineness 10, 9, 8, 7. >> we added the largest pop bottle rockets on the planet. when you light that puppy, it's going somewhere. >> america's first space shuttle. and the shuttle ha...