sandwedge 30 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 I've been becoming more and more interested in this subject lately. I watched a really cool flyover by the Space Station and Shuttle this morning. If you've never seen it, I recommend it. You can find out the exact time and location in the sky of when you can see it by going to this website:http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/This morning, it was visible for 5 minutes. There are several opportunities to see it in the next week. Link to post Share on other sites
Mercury69 3 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Yeah, but there's that darn galactic barrier you have to break through...The Enterprise did it but only because the Andromedans reconfigged the deflector shields.STEPHEN HAWKING, WE NEED YOU!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
TRB05 1 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Cool link, thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
Yoda 1 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Saw the space station float across the sky last year, it is indeed pretty cool. Although it was more like 1-2 minutes that time rather than 5 minutes so it zipped by pretty quick. Link to post Share on other sites
timwakefield 68 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Zoom in on that bitch. Link to post Share on other sites
vbnautilus 48 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 It really is a discussion about nothing. Link to post Share on other sites
SuitedAces21 2,722 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 We just put Sir Isaac Newton in the driver's seat. Link to post Share on other sites
chrozzo 19 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 We just put Sir Isaac Newton in the driver's seat.i wish i heard that somewhere before...OH WAIT!!!!YEAH..HAHA..good one! Link to post Share on other sites
timwakefield 68 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 It really is a discussion about nothing. Theoretical Warp Drive, Bitches Link to post Share on other sites
chrozzo 19 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 for real though...this subjuect also interests me..more than anything else!might take an audit astronomy course sometime Link to post Share on other sites
sandwedge 30 Posted September 3, 2009 Author Share Posted September 3, 2009 Cool link, thanks.The first time I ever saw the ISS and shuttle was purely chance. I was on my back porch one evening, and looked up to see a bright light fly across the sky. A couple of minutes later, another one came by on the same trajectory. I sat there for a while trying to figure out what it could have been, and the it dawned on me that it could have been the ISS and shuttle. I went online, and found the site.Saw the space station float across the sky last year, it is indeed pretty cool. Although it was more like 1-2 minutes that time rather than 5 minutes so it zipped by pretty quick.Different days/sightings are different in length. This morning's was really cool, as it came out of the northwest, went pretty close to overhead, and departed via the southeast.for real though...this subjuect also interests me..more than anything else!might take an audit astronomy course sometimeYep, me too. I've looked online at some telescopes. Maybe Santa will be kind to me. Here's a good site about our solar system:http://nineplanets.org/ Link to post Share on other sites
GWCGWC 83 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Those Brits love their sexy news headlines... Link to post Share on other sites
mtdesmoines 3 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 It really is a discussion about nothing. Link to post Share on other sites
Balloon guy 158 Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Don't forget a good towel Link to post Share on other sites
Mercury69 3 Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Those Brits love their sexy news headlines...OMG...The Andromedans have reconfigged their entire galaxy to eat other galaxies...This is pretty bad news, imo. Link to post Share on other sites
avsfan 0 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 for real though...this subject also interests me..more than anything else besides trannies!might take an audit astronomy course or a video production course sometimewhat??? Link to post Share on other sites
sandwedge 30 Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 Great sighting opportunity later this evening here in Louisiana. A five minute flyover with the shuttle one minute behind the ISS. Link to post Share on other sites
nutzbuster 7 Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Great sighting opportunity later this evening here in Louisiana. A five minute flyover with the shuttle one minute behind the ISS.I'll be in Kauai in 2 weeks and there is a flyover while we are there. Should be incredible viewing from Ke'e or tunnels beach (weather permitting) with almost zero light pollution. Link to post Share on other sites
sandwedge 30 Posted September 8, 2009 Author Share Posted September 8, 2009 Great sighting opportunity later this evening here in Louisiana. A five minute flyover with the shuttle one minute behind the ISS.Bad info on my part, as the shuttle and station are still connected. I was misled by the website, which had them flying by one minute apart. Must be a glitch in their program.I had a good sighting though. Took my daughter to a lake near here, so we could get a good view. This is good bear habitat... for a funny video of one of the local bears on the golf course, go ...Anyway, we pull our car into a gravel pullout near the lake. As we get out, my daughter is talking 90 miles per hour, as she does from the time she wakes up until she goes to bed. While we're talking, I hear a loud, low, "growling" noise coming from the woods 30 yards away. I ask her to listen, and just as she starts to talk again, we hear it again. She asks if it's a bear, and I say I don't think so, but we move the car closer to the road anyway.We have fun watching the flyover, and the only thing we get attacked by are a hundred Louisiana mosquitoes the size of small commuter planes.I'm not sure what the growling was. If I'd been alone, I would have investigated it a little further. Link to post Share on other sites
Balloon guy 158 Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 I'm not sure what the growling was. If I'd been alone, I would have investigated it a little further.Could have got matching scars then... Link to post Share on other sites
sandwedge 30 Posted September 8, 2009 Author Share Posted September 8, 2009 Could have got matching scars then...More scars=More chicks that dig them. Link to post Share on other sites
Mercury69 3 Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 OT, but I watched that bear on the golf course vid and this one was listed as "related". wtf? Link to post Share on other sites
nutzbuster 7 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 pretty crazy video...http://gizmodo.com/5356421/this-is-how-tot...ooks-from-space Link to post Share on other sites
sandwedge 30 Posted October 9, 2009 Author Share Posted October 9, 2009 LCROSS is set to impact the moon a little over 3 hours from now. NASA tv will be covering it. I also found this site, which will have a free sream from a telescope.I guess in the overall scheme of things, this isn't one of NASA's highest profile missions, but I think there's something really cool about crashing a rocket into the Moon just to see what gets blasted up. Link to post Share on other sites
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