hanks to werners@novavax.UUCP, Mark and Julie Bixby 
<markb@spock.dis.cccd.edu>, Christopher A. Poterala <potsie@sils.umich.edu>, 
Michael Borthwick <holden@netspace.net.au>, Ned Forrester 
<nforrester@whoi.edu>, and others.

You can view shuttle launches right from the base at the NASA Causeway Site
which is about 10 km from the launch pad.

Causeway passes are no longer available to the general public. However, if you
know someone at NASA, you can be nominated by them. You will need to give the 
names of all the people attending the launch with you, your affiliation, and 
your mail address to your nominator. Non-US citizens also need to give your
citizenship, date and place of birth, and your passport number to your
nominator. If approved, the pass is then mailed to you.

Only those selected will be notified by mail. The passes will then be mailed to 
the recipient's address approximately three weeks prior to the launch. Only one 
request per person will be honored. Only one pass will be issued per request.
If you will be leaving your residence before the pass will reach you, give the 
address in Florida where you will be staying, as well as your home address.

It is recommended that you be at one of the KSC entry gates at least two hours 
before launch as traffic can become quite heavy. The launch pass is good for 
that launch no matter how many times it is postponed.

The KSC Visitor Complex (run by Delaware North Park Services) offers bus 
rides from the Visitor Complex to the Causeway Site. The cost is $30 for a 
launch transportation ticket (LTT). A viewing package ticket is $51.50 for an
adult and $41.50 for children aged 3 to 11.

LTT tickets are usually available for the next two shuttle missions from the 
KSC Visitor Complex (open seven days a week from 9am to 5pm, except launch 
days). Call the Visitor Complex at (321) 449 4444 or email kscinfo@dncinc.com
if you have any questions. The buses leave from the Visitor Complex and bring 
you back there after the launch. You get to hang out at the Visitor Complex 
before and after, so you can skip a lot of the traffic. Tickets have to be 
bought up ahead of time at the Visitor Complex or you can order them online at

http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/html/see_launch.html

A view of where you will be taken can be seen at

http://images.ksc.nasa.gov/photos/1988/medium/