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03-19-2010, 06:42 PM
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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  |
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03-19-2010, 06:43 PM
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7 minutes notice is enough for me thanks eben. Ive always missed it in the past.
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Everything is better on the rocks.
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03-19-2010, 06:52 PM
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"Fishbucket"
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it just landed at logan
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03-19-2010, 06:53 PM
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"Fishbucket"
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there's another one right behind it too
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03-19-2010, 06:55 PM
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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.
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Everything is better on the rocks.
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03-19-2010, 06:59 PM
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yup that was it and it was cruising!!!!
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03-19-2010, 07:15 PM
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That thing must have been cruising, at that altitude, seeing it for 3 minutes...
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Everything is better on the rocks.
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03-19-2010, 07:19 PM
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17187.356 mph. What a ride.
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Everything is better on the rocks.
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03-19-2010, 07:42 PM
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any faster and it goes out of orbit into space.. any slower and it starts to fall.
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03-19-2010, 10:58 PM
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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
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03-20-2010, 07:10 AM
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BuzzLuck
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nebe
if you look up in the sky, you might be able to see the space shuttle for 3 minutes..
sorry for the short notice |
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. |
 Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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03-20-2010, 07:33 AM
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yup.. nebe was wrong.
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03-20-2010, 09:14 AM
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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 
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03-20-2010, 09:18 AM
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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. |
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03-20-2010, 09:22 AM
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BuzzLuck
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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!
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Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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03-20-2010, 02:58 PM
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Stuck In Reality
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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.
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Go Ugly Early 
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03-20-2010, 05:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob Rockcrawler
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.
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Lights ?
The light is the reflection of the sun's rays. |
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03-20-2010, 06:11 PM
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BuzzLuck
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thin clouds tonight as last night was perfectly clear!
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Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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03-20-2010, 07:21 PM
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nice clear view in newport..
so cool
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