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- - at exactly 7:50 PM tonight.. (http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripertalk/showthread.php?t=62818)

Nebe	03-19-2010 06:42 PM

at exactly 7:50 PM tonight..

if you look up in the sky, you might be able to see the space shuttle for 3 minutes..

sorry for the short notice :hihi:

Rob Rockcrawler

03-19-2010 06:43 PM

7 minutes notice is enough for me thanks eben. Ive always missed it in the past.

thefishingfreak

03-19-2010 06:52 PM

it just landed at logan

thefishingfreak

03-19-2010 06:53 PM

there's another one right behind it too

Rob Rockcrawler

03-19-2010 06:55 PM

I think i saw it. Moving mostly west to east, and hauling ass. I didnt think the shuttle needed lights, not a lot of air traffic up that high.

Nebe	03-19-2010 06:59 PM

yup that was it and it was cruising!!!!

Rob Rockcrawler

03-19-2010 07:15 PM

That thing must have been cruising, at that altitude, seeing it for 3 minutes...

Rob Rockcrawler

03-19-2010 07:19 PM

17187.356 mph. What a ride.

Nebe	03-19-2010 07:42 PM

any faster and it goes out of orbit into space.. any slower and it starts to fall.

Nebe	03-19-2010 10:58 PM

I was wrong- that was the international space station. If you have an iPhone, there are some awesome apps for tracking visable satelites.
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device

PRBuzz

03-20-2010 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Nebe (Post 755577)

if you look up in the sky, you might be able to see the space shuttle for 3 minutes..

sorry for the short notice :hihi:

I saw it what a view, the brightest thing in the sky after the moon. Just a slight correction, it is not the space shuttle but the space station.

Nebe	03-20-2010 07:33 AM

yup.. nebe was wrong.

spence

03-20-2010 09:14 AM

I don't think there are any more night launches planned. We had a stellar view of a night launch from RI a few years ago...

I've never seen a real launch up close, but did catch one from Merrit Island. Was down at the Sea Ray plant and just before the countdown the entire company want outside and stood on the roof to watch :)

-spence

Nebe	03-20-2010 09:18 AM

for those who missed this, it will be overhead agian at exactly 8:13pm.. traveling from west to east. kids are fascinated by this stuff. :)

PRBuzz

03-20-2010 09:22 AM

Did anyone else catch the passage a year or so ago where the station and the shuttle were both visible? The shuttle had just undocked from the station for it's return to earth. Now that was a sight!

tynan19

03-20-2010 02:58 PM

Believe we saw that last Fri in Maine around the same time. Just a bright object going West to East and definitely not a plane. Too big and at a greater altitude then the planes we could see. Cool site for sure.

Redsoxticket

03-20-2010 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Rockcrawler (Post 755588)

I think i saw it. Moving mostly west to east, and hauling ass. I didnt think the shuttle needed lights, not a lot of air traffic up that high.

Lights ?
The light is the reflection of the sun's rays.

PRBuzz

03-20-2010 06:11 PM

thin clouds tonight as last night was perfectly clear!

Nebe	03-20-2010 07:21 PM

nice clear view in newport..
so cool

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