Comments on: See the Shuttle, station, and Verne tonight! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/25/see-the-shuttle-station-and-verne-tonight/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:57:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: nene http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/25/see-the-shuttle-station-and-verne-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-169538 nene Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:12:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/25/see-the-shuttle-station-and-verne-tonight/#comment-169538 hi i am onie 3 ad i loze pepol hi i am onie 3 ad i loze pepol

]]> By: nene http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/25/see-the-shuttle-station-and-verne-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-169536 nene Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:11:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/25/see-the-shuttle-station-and-verne-tonight/#comment-169536 hey com check out my page i am only 3 hey com check out my page i am only 3

]]> By: Egaeus http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/25/see-the-shuttle-station-and-verne-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-79428 Egaeus Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:14:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/25/see-the-shuttle-station-and-verne-tonight/#comment-79428 Unfortunately I didn't get to this post in my feed reader until about 1/2 hour after it passed. Oh well, there's always next time. Maybe I'll find my binoculars from the move by then. After reading the accounts, especially Wil's account, I was doubly disappointed. For it to be seen in LA is saying something. I spent a couple of months out there last summer, and that place is horrible for stargazing (but great for everything else except maybe breathing and driving). Unfortunately I didn’t get to this post in my feed reader until about 1/2 hour after it passed. Oh well, there’s always next time. Maybe I’ll find my binoculars from the move by then.

After reading the accounts, especially Wil’s account, I was doubly disappointed. For it to be seen in LA is saying something. I spent a couple of months out there last summer, and that place is horrible for stargazing (but great for everything else except maybe breathing and driving).

]]> By: (HEARTS) http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/25/see-the-shuttle-station-and-verne-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-79427 (HEARTS) Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:31:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/25/see-the-shuttle-station-and-verne-tonight/#comment-79427 Just curious, is the number (2000 m) given for the distance between the ISS and JV an error on the ESA website on the 20th? (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ATV/SEMQ29N5NDF_0.html) [quote] Now that the vessel is 'on the green' - in a parking orbit 2000 m ahead of the ISS - ATV mission controllers must pace the spacecraft through two pending and crucial demonstration dockings, moving successively closer to the ISS, and then finally go for an actual rendezvous and docking attempt on 3 April. [/quote] It'd be a bit close .. right? (HEARTS) :D Just curious, is the number (2000 m) given for the distance between the ISS and JV an error on the ESA website on the 20th?

(http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ATV/SEMQ29N5NDF_0.html)

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Now that the vessel is ‘on the green’ – in a parking orbit 2000 m ahead of the ISS – ATV mission controllers must pace the spacecraft through two pending and crucial demonstration dockings, moving successively closer to the ISS, and then finally go for an actual rendezvous and docking attempt on 3 April.
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It’d be a bit close .. right?

(HEARTS) :D

]]> By: The Bad Astronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/25/see-the-shuttle-station-and-verne-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-79426 The Bad Astronomer Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:59:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/25/see-the-shuttle-station-and-verne-tonight/#comment-79426 Oh-- one of the first things TLA always asks is, "Are there people on board?" Oh– one of the first things TLA always asks is, “Are there people on board?”

]]> By: The Bad Astronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/25/see-the-shuttle-station-and-verne-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-79425 The Bad Astronomer Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:58:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/25/see-the-shuttle-station-and-verne-tonight/#comment-79425 Check out <a href="http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008/03/25/the-shuttle-the-station-and-orion/" rel="nofollow">my hawesome pix!</a> Check out my hawesome pix!

]]> By: Wolverine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/25/see-the-shuttle-station-and-verne-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-79424 Wolverine Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:48:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/25/see-the-shuttle-station-and-verne-tonight/#comment-79424 Caught all three here, and the view was lovely. The ISS appeared slightly brighter than I was expecting, just beautiful. Caught all three here, and the view was lovely. The ISS appeared slightly brighter than I was expecting, just beautiful.

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