[NormsRevenge]

Here’s to clear skies and a soft landing.

[NormsRevenge]

This is for someone who asked on another thread recently what the ISS looked like..

The International Space Station is seen from the US space shuttle Atlantis 19 June 2007 as the shuttle leaves the station. Bad weather forced NASA to abandon plans to land the space shuttle Atlantis in Florida on Thursday, keeping the ship's seven astronauts in orbit for at least another day.(AFP/NASA/File)

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Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth's horizon, the International Space Station moves away from the Space Shuttle Atlantis in this digital photograph taken by an Atlantis crew member June 19, 2007. (NASA/Reuters)

[2Jedismom]

What time should it be flying over Houston? What time Central?

My folks live down there and got a huge kick out of seeing it last time!

[Lokibob]

OK, so I’m a nerd. I try not to be, but on shuttle days (take off and landings), it always comes out.

Had a thought this morning. If Garmin (of GPS fame) could rig it so the lat long of the shuttle or the ISS could be directly via the i-net input into a gps receiver, you could see how far away the shuttle / ISS is away from you. Might be a fun use of your GPS sets.

What cha think (other nerds)?

.....Bob

[lainie]

I’m gonna head outside in about 20 minutes. Even if we can’t see much, we’ll be able to hear the booms for sure.