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Space: Space Shuttle Simulation Mimics Launch
The Kennedy Space Center in Florida offers a space shuttle launch simulation ride to tourists that even astronauts admit mimics the real thing. Discovery News' Kasey-Dee Gardner takes it for a spin.
Added: Apr 19, 2010
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