When I was city editor at The Ledger in the mid-1980s, a bunch of newsroom staffers routinely climbed an interior ladder to the roof of the newspaper building to watch Space Shuttle launches. We had a clear view of the contrails 85 miles away, especially on a clear day like Jan. 28, 1986.
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I'm a digital journalist and recovering newspaper guy who lives in Lakeland, Fla.