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01-11-2006, 04:46 PM
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All you Cali folks, a fireball is coming!
FIREBALL ALERT: On Sunday morning, Jan. 15th, between approximately 1:56 and 1:59 a.m. PST (0956 - 0959 UT), a brilliant fireball will streak over northern California and Nevada. It's NASA's Stardust capsule, returning to Earth with samples of dust from Comet Wild 2. Observers along the flight path should have a marvelous view of this rare man-made meteor. Radio signals reflected from the capsule's ionized tail may be heard from a much wider area--hundreds to thousands of miles away. Visit http://spaceweather.com for maps and observing tips.
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION: The International Space Station is flying over the United States in mid-January during evening hours when it is easy to see. Would you like a phone call to alert you when the station is about to appear over your home town? Sign up for SpaceWeather PHONE: http://spaceweatherphone.com
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. -Plato
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01-11-2006, 04:51 PM
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Wow Tom! sounds like something to see!
Thanks for the heads up! 
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01-11-2006, 05:21 PM
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Road Trip!!!  If i could that would be something to see sounds cool....
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01-11-2006, 07:57 PM
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I loves me a water change
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Oh wow, I'd love to see that!!!!
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01-11-2006, 08:45 PM
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Cool! Ill have to poke my head out the door that day!!!
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01-12-2006, 02:46 AM
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Yeah, here on the East Coast there won't be much of anything...
Pix would be nice Robert, assuming you're in the viewing range.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. -Plato
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01-12-2006, 03:26 AM
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Take pictures!!!! I'm gonna miss it. I'll still be in Illinois (prolly for the rest of my life).
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01-12-2006, 07:08 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
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Wow that would be cool to see!
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01-12-2006, 10:04 AM
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The Ninja MOD
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Ill try and get some pics if its not raining. I should be in a good spot as Im in N. Cali.
Robert
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01-12-2006, 01:23 PM
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Tang Lover
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HAHAHA...just read about this this morning.
The capsules coming in at the FASTEST entry speed every attempted by man.
It also is carrying a payload of comet dust weighing in at a WHOPPING 1/1000th of the weight of a paper-clip!! ahahahah
Hope someone sees it. I'd be very interested to hear some details!!
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02-01-2006, 03:20 AM
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HAHAHA...just read about this this morning.
The capsules coming in at the FASTEST entry speed every attempted by man.
It also is carrying a payload of comet dust weighing in at a WHOPPING 1/1000th of the weight of a paper-clip!! ahahahah
Hope someone sees it. I'd be very interested to hear some details!!
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MUST-SEE VIDEO: On Jan. 15th when the Stardust capsule ripped through Earth's atmosphere en route to a parachute landing in Utah, no one had a better view than scientists onboard NASA's DC-8 Airborne Laboratory, and they recorded a spectacular video. In addition to the man-made fireball (Stardust) there are at least two natural meteors in the video. See them all at http://spaceweather.com
SUITSAT: On February 3rd, astronauts plan to hurl an old spacesuit overboard from the International Space Station. The disembodied suit, nicknamed "SuitSat," will proceed to circle Earth, transmitting a radio message which anyone can hear using a police scanner or a ham radio tuned to 145.990 MHz FM. This strange experiment is a test of a sensible idea--that old spacesuits might be transformed into useful satellites. Would you like to listen to SuitSat? Sign up for Spaceweather PHONE http://spaceweatherphone.com and you'll receive alerts when the suit is about to orbit over your area.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. -Plato
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02-01-2006, 04:07 AM
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Originally Posted by tdwyatt
SUITSAT: On February 3rd, astronauts plan to hurl an old spacesuit overboard from the International Space Station. The disembodied suit, nicknamed "SuitSat," will proceed to circle Earth, transmitting a radio message which anyone can hear using a police scanner or a ham radio tuned to 145.990 MHz FM. This strange experiment is a test of a sensible idea--that old spacesuits might be transformed into useful satellites.
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"Old spacesuits."? Sensible idea?? Why not just put an "old astronaut" on the Hubble pointed at earth then we could have the best rush-hour traffic reporting system in the world!! 
Scientists can be very strange sometimes!
Dick 
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02-04-2006, 01:33 PM
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Oh no...not again!!!
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Originally Posted by tdwyatt
MUST-SEE VIDEO: On Jan. 15th when the Stardust capsule ripped through Earth's atmosphere en route to a parachute landing in Utah, no one had a better view than scientists onboard NASA's DC-8 Airborne Laboratory, and they recorded a spectacular video. In addition to the man-made fireball (Stardust) there are at least two natural meteors in the video. See them all at http://spaceweather.com
SUITSAT: On February 3rd, astronauts plan to hurl an old spacesuit overboard from the International Space Station. The disembodied suit, nicknamed "SuitSat," will proceed to circle Earth, transmitting a radio message which anyone can hear using a police scanner or a ham radio tuned to 145.990 MHz FM. This strange experiment is a test of a sensible idea--that old spacesuits might be transformed into useful satellites. Would you like to listen to SuitSat? Sign up for Spaceweather PHONE http://spaceweatherphone.com and you'll receive alerts when the suit is about to orbit over your area. |
It died right away and did not project the broadcast. I am probably gonna sound as old as my father, but don't go in space, don't go deep underwater and carry food and water and a shovel.
Oh yeah..we even ditched our cell...sorry to go native on ya.
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