Comments on: Blog from space http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/03/19/blog-from-space/ 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, 23 Nov 2009 16:32:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Brad’s Reader » Blog Archive » Friday Link Love 03/20 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/03/19/blog-from-space/comment-page-1/#comment-184841 Brad’s Reader » Blog Archive » Friday Link Love 03/20 Wed, 20 May 2009 13:20:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/03/19/blog-from-space/#comment-184841 [...] Blog from space [...] [...] Blog from space [...]

]]> By: beep.pc http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/03/19/blog-from-space/comment-page-1/#comment-180591 beep.pc Tue, 05 May 2009 03:21:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/03/19/blog-from-space/#comment-180591 Awesome! Congrats Sandra that’s one cool!! Awesome! Congrats Sandra that’s one cool!!

]]> By: Chet Twarog http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/03/19/blog-from-space/comment-page-1/#comment-166361 Chet Twarog Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:25:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/03/19/blog-from-space/#comment-166361 At this late date this will probably not be read. However, although I enjoyed her descriptions, I commented to her that the Earth's daylight terminator was not moving towards the ISS, nor was the "sun rising or coming up". Semantics, yes, but the ISS is orbiting toward the day/night terminators; the Sun or Moon or stars/planets/comets appear to be "rising, going overhead, setting" but it is the ISS that is moving, orbiting, with astronauts seeing them coming into "sight" above Earth's terminator or "eclipsing/setting" below the terminator. Astronaut Magnus has not replied. At this late date this will probably not be read.
However, although I enjoyed her descriptions, I commented to her that the Earth’s daylight terminator was not moving towards the ISS, nor was the “sun rising or coming up”.
Semantics, yes, but the ISS is orbiting toward the day/night terminators; the Sun or Moon or stars/planets/comets appear to be “rising, going overhead, setting” but it is the ISS that is moving, orbiting, with astronauts seeing them coming into “sight” above Earth’s terminator or “eclipsing/setting” below the terminator.
Astronaut Magnus has not replied.

]]> By: Secular Sunday Links - March 22, 2009 — Hoyden About Town http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/03/19/blog-from-space/comment-page-1/#comment-165896 Secular Sunday Links - March 22, 2009 — Hoyden About Town Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:58:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/03/19/blog-from-space/#comment-165896 [...] Blog from space [...] [...] Blog from space [...]

]]> By: Phil Plait http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/03/19/blog-from-space/comment-page-1/#comment-165563 Phil Plait Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:57:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/03/19/blog-from-space/#comment-165563 Cheyenne, while I agree with some of what you say, you don't have to be quite so vitriolic about it. Feel free to read <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/10/03/comments-policy/" rel="nofollow">my commenting policy</a>. Cheyenne, while I agree with some of what you say, you don’t have to be quite so vitriolic about it. Feel free to read my commenting policy.

]]> By: Peter http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/03/19/blog-from-space/comment-page-1/#comment-165405 Peter Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:08:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/03/19/blog-from-space/#comment-165405 She mentions the stars twinkling. Isn't the space station above the atmosphere? i.e. above the 'twinkle' zone? Anyone know how far toward the moon the Apollos went before the stars ahead 'stabilised' to steady dots? She mentions the stars twinkling. Isn’t the space station above the atmosphere? i.e. above the ‘twinkle’ zone? Anyone know how far toward the moon the Apollos went before the stars ahead ’stabilised’ to steady dots?

]]> By: Cheyenne http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/03/19/blog-from-space/comment-page-1/#comment-165218 Cheyenne Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:19:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/03/19/blog-from-space/#comment-165218 I would love to watch the ISS pass overhead! Normally with totally stupid misappropriated government spending you have to delve into the minutiae of entitlement budgets and what not to get a feel for it. But with the ISS you can actually see a can of $150-$250 billion non-science flying across the sky with your own eyes! I'm so glad that we made the decision that it was more important to stick an astronaut into that thing so she could blog about it as opposed to investing in something like a sample return mission to Mars or trying to get to Europa. I'm so inspired by her poetry. And little Jimmy is too. Thanks NASA! Blog from space. Nice job greybeards. Nice job. Please make me a troll that should be banished from this blog by providing an exhaustive list of your accomplishments and discoveries by making this nation fund that thing at the direct expense of other missions in this solar system. I would love to watch the ISS pass overhead! Normally with totally stupid misappropriated government spending you have to delve into the minutiae of entitlement budgets and what not to get a feel for it. But with the ISS you can actually see a can of $150-$250 billion non-science flying across the sky with your own eyes!

I’m so glad that we made the decision that it was more important to stick an astronaut into that thing so she could blog about it as opposed to investing in something like a sample return mission to Mars or trying to get to Europa. I’m so inspired by her poetry. And little Jimmy is too. Thanks NASA! Blog from space. Nice job greybeards. Nice job.

Please make me a troll that should be banished from this blog by providing an exhaustive list of your accomplishments and discoveries by making this nation fund that thing at the direct expense of other missions in this solar system.

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