Via Ravyn Schmidt on Google+ comes this cute video about a man hoping to make a date to see a woman:
Adorable! But I have to wonder: why didn’t he just use Heavens Above instead?
[Edited to add: I almost forgot; the last bit in the video reminded me strongly of this.]
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September 30th, 2011 at 12:20 pm
Definitely makes more sense on a second viewing.
September 30th, 2011 at 12:22 pm
Oh man, that’s so perfect… as soon as I saw the cupola, I understood perfectly.. and I couldn’t stop smiling until the end…
Bravo.
September 30th, 2011 at 12:28 pm
Have the ISS astronauts reported any lasers being shot towards them, as happens to aircraft flying over cities? At least, shooting a laser at the ISS poses no threats to anybody as long as no aircraft accidentally get in the way.
September 30th, 2011 at 12:44 pm
I doubt the typical handheld astronomy pointing laser would make it the 200ish mile (at best if directly overhead) distace to hit them and even if did it would be difficult to hold it on the ISS for enough time to bother anyone.
September 30th, 2011 at 1:14 pm
I agree with W on the P. It’s great the 2nd time.
I wish they’d gotten the gravity right at the end, though.
September 30th, 2011 at 2:06 pm
[No astronomers were used in making this video.]
Phil, regarding your edit: despite the fact that I quickly caught on to what was happening, for an instant I almost thought it was going to zoom out to that image.
September 30th, 2011 at 3:55 pm
Even http://www.n2yo.com/ would do fine (many geeks are lazy, in a good way…).
September 30th, 2011 at 4:02 pm
“why didn’t he just use Heavens Above instead?”
Because he’s a hipster and Heavens Above is too “trendy”. This is also why he’s using a chalkboard this day in age.
What a sweet movie.
September 30th, 2011 at 4:53 pm
I have the ISS tracking enabled in Stellarium. Of course getting it to tell me in advance when it will be visible is still a problem.
September 30th, 2011 at 4:55 pm
What a cute video.
September 30th, 2011 at 6:31 pm
I shall hereon play this to my 9th grade science class.
September 30th, 2011 at 6:50 pm
Aww, that made me get tears in my eyes.
September 30th, 2011 at 8:17 pm
ROFL!
“But I have to wonder: why didn’t he just use Heavens Above instead?”
Yeah, Heavens Above would have done it pretty well for him!
September 30th, 2011 at 9:37 pm
There’s also an app from NASA that’ll tell you when the ISS and other satellites are going over your location. I find that the easiest to use.
October 1st, 2011 at 1:46 am
She reminds me of Denise Richards’ character in Starship Troopers.
October 1st, 2011 at 11:27 am
They are using Twitter – I get updates on Twitter alerting me when the ISS is going to pass over. I only need to use heavens-above for iridium flares.
October 1st, 2011 at 11:56 am
It reminded me more of of Tracy Caldwell Dyson in the Cupola http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Tracy_Caldwell_Dyson_in_Cupola_ISS.jpg
October 1st, 2011 at 9:52 pm
15. Unaspammer Says: “She reminds me of Denise Richards’ character in Starship Troopers.”
Ugh. Her “acting” almost ruined that movie for me. I couldn’t believe for a second that she was actually flying a spaceship. Maybe if she’d participated in the co-ed shower scene I could excuse it…
- Jack
October 1st, 2011 at 11:03 pm
@Bipedal Tetrapod what is the URL for that twitter home page?
October 3rd, 2011 at 3:33 am
That’s so cute. I love it.
BUT!
I watched it too many times and I noticed that they messed up on the direction she’s travelling. He watches her travelling westwards but when she’s looking down she’s travelling eastwards. Or maybe he’s looking at the wrong space station and it’s a subtle twist at the end of the film.