Comments on: See the ISS over the next week http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/01/see-the-iss-over-the-next-week/ 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. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:37:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bishop http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/01/see-the-iss-over-the-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-197857 Bishop Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:53:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/01/see-the-iss-over-the-next-week/#comment-197857 My wife and I just finished seeing the I.S.S. fly over Sacramento, Ca. As it was about 3/4 across the sky, we notice a small "light" following about 15 degrees behind the I.S.S. It was not a plane. It was not blinking. Not even a few seconds later, I looked towards the East and seen one more of these slow moving objects. I remember when I was a kid, we used to call these things "satellites", but I not so sure lately (I've been listening to Coast to Coast AM nightly). This was cool. Not only did we see the I.S.S., but we seen two "ufos". For a comparison, there was a few high flying planes over head, but those had red lights and a blinking lights. These two ufo or satellite objects was a solid white color and moved slowly across the sky and then faded. My wife and I just finished seeing the I.S.S. fly over Sacramento, Ca. As it was about 3/4 across the sky, we notice a small “light” following about 15 degrees behind the I.S.S. It was not a plane. It was not blinking. Not even a few seconds later, I looked towards the East and seen one more of these slow moving objects. I remember when I was a kid, we used to call these things “satellites”, but I not so sure lately (I’ve been listening to Coast to Coast AM nightly).

This was cool. Not only did we see the I.S.S., but we seen two “ufos”. For a comparison, there was a few high flying planes over head, but those had red lights and a blinking lights. These two ufo or satellite objects was a solid white color and moved slowly across the sky and then faded.

]]> By: Neil http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/01/see-the-iss-over-the-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-196494 Neil Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:34:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/01/see-the-iss-over-the-next-week/#comment-196494 @Davros-- It's not what those photos and video show but rather what they don't that lead to me to believe they're fakes. For 32 times a day, there's an opportunity to videorecord either passage of an ISS in silhoette against a brilliant star-filled sky slowly illuminated by the rising sun and the fantastic blue of the Earth or the reverse. But no. They give us that boring thing you provided the link for. Not a star in sight. Never a star in sight. For fifty years never a star in sight. Something's very wrong. @Davros–
It’s not what those photos and video show but rather what they don’t that lead to me to believe they’re fakes.

For 32 times a day, there’s an opportunity to videorecord either passage of an ISS in silhoette against a brilliant star-filled sky slowly illuminated by the rising sun and the fantastic blue of the Earth or the reverse. But no. They give us that boring thing you provided the link for. Not a star in sight. Never a star in sight. For fifty years never a star in sight. Something’s very wrong.

]]> By: «bønez_brigade» http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/01/see-the-iss-over-the-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-196439 «bønez_brigade» Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:43:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/01/see-the-iss-over-the-next-week/#comment-196439 Neil, Is this "ISS prop" also located ~220 miles overhead and traveling in excess of 17,500 mi/hr (possibly within the ether)? Or, is it instead maybe something that appears in the particular sheepl..., err, I mean viewer's eyes -- such as an aftereffect produced by all those silently noxious chemtrails (which are <i>clearly</i> courtesy of the NWO)? Unless, of course, you're a Poe, no? Neil,
Is this “ISS prop” also located ~220 miles overhead and traveling in excess of 17,500 mi/hr (possibly within the ether)? Or, is it instead maybe something that appears in the particular sheepl…, err, I mean viewer’s eyes — such as an aftereffect produced by all those silently noxious chemtrails (which are clearly courtesy of the NWO)?

Unless, of course, you’re a Poe, no?

]]> By: Davros http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/01/see-the-iss-over-the-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-196430 Davros Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:00:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/01/see-the-iss-over-the-next-week/#comment-196430 @ Neil See the Mythbusters Moon Special for that or Google space walk pictures http://images.google.com.au/images?q=spacewalk&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enAU297AU297&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi or pictures of sunrise from ISS http://images.google.com.au/images?q=sunrise%20ISS&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enAU297AU297&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZxwN4PQe51g&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZxwN4PQe51g&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> I could not Preview the Clip as i am at work but i think it is the one i remember of sunrise and the ISS from the Shutle Sorry feeding the Troll again @ Neil
See the Mythbusters Moon Special for that

or Google space walk pictures
http://images.google.com.au/images?q=spacewalk&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enAU297AU297&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi

or pictures of sunrise from ISS
http://images.google.com.au/images?q=sunrise%20ISS&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enAU297AU297&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi

I could not Preview the Clip as i am at work but i think it is the one i remember
of sunrise and the ISS from the Shutle

Sorry feeding the Troll again

]]> By: Mike Wagner http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/01/see-the-iss-over-the-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-196413 Mike Wagner Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:25:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/01/see-the-iss-over-the-next-week/#comment-196413 Is this what Neil's been clamoring for? http://websstrangest.com/2009/03/13/nasa-starts-streaming-live-video-from-the-iss/ Is this what Neil’s been clamoring for?
http://websstrangest.com/2009/03/13/nasa-starts-streaming-live-video-from-the-iss/

]]> By: Mike Wagner http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/01/see-the-iss-over-the-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-196410 Mike Wagner Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:13:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/01/see-the-iss-over-the-next-week/#comment-196410 Well Neil, While you're insulting NASA and America's astronauts, you're also insulting 15 other countries including Canada. On behalf of Canada I would like to present you with a bottle of fine mineral oil. It may assist you in removing your head from your ass. Well Neil,
While you’re insulting NASA and America’s astronauts, you’re also insulting 15 other countries including Canada.
On behalf of Canada I would like to present you with a bottle of fine mineral oil. It may assist you in removing your head from your ass.

]]> By: Neil http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/01/see-the-iss-over-the-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-196407 Neil Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:36:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/01/see-the-iss-over-the-next-week/#comment-196407 @Davros-- What you saw was an ISS prop. A picture of a sunrise would not be proof and neither is the mediocre video and photos thusfar supplied during ISS's alleged 10 years of operation. Proof would be a public demonstration of the operation of NASA space suit in a high vacuum chamber before a sworn under oath team of technically qualified American witnesses. @Davros–
What you saw was an ISS prop.

A picture of a sunrise would not be proof and neither is the mediocre video and photos thusfar supplied during ISS’s alleged 10 years of operation.

Proof would be a public demonstration of the operation of NASA space suit in a high vacuum chamber before a sworn under oath team of technically qualified American witnesses.

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