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Anyone see the Space Shuttle and International Space Station overfly tonight?
Posted on 02/19/2008 3:52:52 PM PST by Scarpetta
I saw not only Atlantis and the International Space Station flyover my neighborhood tonight, but I also saw the spy satellite scheduled for missile destruction on Thursday/
Michelle Obama, eat your heart out. This is one proud American.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: astronomy; atlantis; flyover; iss; nasa; shuttleatlantis; spaceshuttle
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posted on
02/19/2008 3:52:54 PM PST
by
Scarpetta
To: Scarpetta
Right On,where did you see it?
2
posted on
02/19/2008 3:53:36 PM PST
by
cmsgop
( You go to da box..... you feel shame)
To: Scarpetta
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posted on
02/19/2008 3:53:57 PM PST
by
jaydubya2
To: Scarpetta
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posted on
02/19/2008 3:54:08 PM PST
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: cmsgop
The skies over Abington, Pennsylvania, outside Philly.
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posted on
02/19/2008 3:54:42 PM PST
by
Scarpetta
(e pluribus victim)
To: jaydubya2
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posted on
02/19/2008 3:55:53 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(Clam down! avoid ataque de nervosa)
To: Scarpetta
I saw not only Atlantis and the International Space Station flyover my neighborhood tonight, but I also saw the spy satellite scheduled for missile destruction on Thursday/ I hope they can distinguish between the two and not shoot down the wrong one. ;-)
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posted on
02/19/2008 3:57:02 PM PST
by
varon
(Allegiance to the constitution, always. Allegiance to a political party, never.)
To: Scarpetta; cmsgop
There is a website, Heaven’s Above, that you can monitor satellites over your area. You have to sign in and give the coordinates of your house and you can get a schedule and area of the sky to view the ISS, Shuttle and loads of satellites. We saw the Space Station and the Shuttle last night. One following the other after they had undocked. Tonight it is too cloudy over SoCal to see anything.
To: varon
This is the United States Navy we’re talking about.
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posted on
02/19/2008 3:58:58 PM PST
by
Scarpetta
(e pluribus victim)
To: RightWhale
To: Scarpetta
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posted on
02/19/2008 4:00:41 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Just call me M.O.M. (Maverick Opposed to McCain.))
To: originalbuckeye
I was squealing with delight when it went over. Two teenagers were happening by and I shouted at them, “that’s the International Space Station!” and they were like “whatever.”
It didn’t deflate my enthusiasm but it certainly made me question what kind of children we’re producing.
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posted on
02/19/2008 4:02:16 PM PST
by
Scarpetta
(e pluribus victim)
To: Scarpetta
Here in Mobile we can usually hear the sonic boom when the shuttle reenters and heads for touchdown. And yes, I’m one proud American also when I hear it! I’m not a big McCain fan but will vote for him anyway - and Cindy solidified my support today with her snappy reply to Ms Hussein O.
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posted on
02/19/2008 4:05:38 PM PST
by
BamaDi
(S - The Coach)
To: Scarpetta
Just clouds, as usual.
*sigh*
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posted on
02/19/2008 4:06:38 PM PST
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: BamaDi
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posted on
02/19/2008 4:07:39 PM PST
by
Scarpetta
(e pluribus victim)
To: Scarpetta
Ya, I saw it last night. It was a 5 minute flyby yesterday.
Wow, what B#$ch to try and keep up with in a telescope.
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posted on
02/19/2008 4:09:40 PM PST
by
diverteach
(http://foolishpleasurestudio.com/eyewool/slap_hillary.html)
To: Scarpetta
I went outside at 5:40 p.m. last night to try and see it, but no luck. It was to bright on the horizon. But this morning at about 5:30 a.m. I saw a real bright light flood my bedroom. It was this. Very strange
FAA reports early morning flash in sky was meteor
SPOKANE, Wash.- Thousands of people in Northwest woke to a huge streaking flash in the sky early Tuesday morning. At around 5:30 a.m. KHQ began receiving reports of a bright flash in the sky. According to the Oregonian.com the Federal Aviation Administration, after talking to air traffic controllers, is reported the flash was a meteor.
Viewers began calling KHQ around 5:35 a.m. Tuesday to report what they saw. Those viewers called in from as far away as Clarkston, Lewiston, Republic, Wenatchee, Hayden and Troy, Idaho, and Missoula, Montana.
Various websites reported eyewitnesses all across the Northwest saying the flash looked like anything from summer lightning, a meteor, a rocket, a satellite, or just an exploding transformer. Several other viewers reported feeling a sonic boom moments after the flash in the sky.
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posted on
02/19/2008 4:12:29 PM PST
by
Spunky
(You are free to make choices, but not free from the consequences)
To: Spunky
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posted on
02/19/2008 4:13:51 PM PST
by
Scarpetta
(e pluribus victim)
To: Spunky
a huge streaking flash in the sky Didn't see it. Saw a huge flashing streak in the sky. Not recently, though.
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posted on
02/19/2008 4:16:25 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(Clam down! avoid ataque de nervosa)
To: Scarpetta
Steve Frick, the mission commander was my classmate at USNA. We were both in the same company. He’s very smart. While I had to study constantly to barely graduate, I remember he had time to study and build airplane models in his room.
Also Sonny (Pandaya) Williams, the female astronaut who recently set the endurance record for US females a few months back was also in my company but in a different class.
Two very nice, down to earth people.
As for me, I work in a cubicle at a power utility ;-)
Two out of three ain’t bad.
Cloudy here in Michigan, so no luck.
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posted on
02/19/2008 4:21:31 PM PST
by
b359
(The goat is old and gnarly....)
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