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madmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-19-06 06:18 PM
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Just saw something way cool... our local weather forecaster said
if we looked upward at 6:01 we'd see the space shuttle, well I did.I saw it man that sucker moves ,in about 3 minutes it went from the sw horizon to the ne horizon, very very bright.:applause:
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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-19-06 06:19 PM
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1. HOW COOL!
Lucky!

If I remember correctly it orbits around the entire Earth in only 90 minutes, so I do suppose it has to travel fast.
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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-19-06 06:23 PM
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2. This is an image from Wikipedia:
Edited on Tue Dec-19-06 06:30 PM by originalpckelly
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:STS-116_spacewalk_1.jpg


Absolutely beautiful to see Earth in the background.
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-19-06 06:25 PM
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3. here is a website to look up when it is visible in your city
http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/

over on the left of the page- start there.

I have seen it a few times. It is way cool! :hi:
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-19-06 06:26 PM
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4. I think I saw it last night. And there was a plane moving in front of it.
You could tell that they were both man-made objects, but that neither was anywhere near each other.
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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-19-06 07:22 PM
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5. It's going to pass our neck of the woods...
I'll bring my binoculars when I go check the mail!
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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-19-06 07:43 PM
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6. WOW! That was so cool...
the Shuttle has separated from the ISS, so they are actually far apart! It looks like a couple of stars moving super fast. That was so neat, by the time I came back it the computer said the Shuttle was over CANADA! Amazing!
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