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Space junk headed for International Space Station
The Telegraph ^
| 9/3/2009
Posted on 09/03/2009 12:29:18 AM PDT by bruinbirdman
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To: bruinbirdman
I believe that ISS have several methods to change their orbit. They have the Progress supply vessels,the Space Shuttle or thrusters on the Russian Zvezda service module
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posted on
09/03/2009 1:02:05 AM PDT
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("We will either find a way, or make one."Hannibal/Carthaginian Military Commander)
To: sonofstrangelove
You can tell what the winds are aloft, by watching ISS.
Not kidding - it is affected by winds.
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posted on
09/03/2009 1:08:35 AM PDT
by
patton
(Obama has replaced "Res Publica" with "Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi.")
To: bruinbirdman
ISS Zvezda module
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posted on
09/03/2009 1:10:56 AM PDT
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("We will either find a way, or make one."Hannibal/Carthaginian Military Commander)
To: patton
You can tell what the winds are aloft, by watching ISS. Not kidding - it is affected by winds. So is your brain.
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09/03/2009 1:20:56 AM PDT
by
Talisker
(When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
To: sonofstrangelove
I can see the ISS every clear night. It’s one of the brightest objects in the night sky and large enough that you can just make out it’s elongated shape.
To: Talisker
Yes, in fact, my brain is. So is yours.
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posted on
09/03/2009 1:23:32 AM PDT
by
patton
(Obama has replaced "Res Publica" with "Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi.")
To: Nathan Zachary
I forget - are you in TX, that you get such a view?
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posted on
09/03/2009 1:25:47 AM PDT
by
patton
(Obama has replaced "Res Publica" with "Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi.")
right now it’s under the moon which is in a low south-western orbit from my location, and will be out of view in another couple hours
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To: patton
Yes, in fact, my brain is. So is yours. LOL - cheers!
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posted on
09/03/2009 1:30:58 AM PDT
by
Talisker
(When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
To: Nathan Zachary
Wow. I envy you, Can’t see squat from NVA.
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posted on
09/03/2009 1:31:23 AM PDT
by
patton
(Obama has replaced "Res Publica" with "Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi.")
To: Talisker
Electrons are snapped up by the passing wind. That is why airplanes have “static wicks.”
You think you are immune?
I am not - I can feel it. It is that dry, dusty, nose-bleed feeling. Wind.
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09/03/2009 1:37:12 AM PDT
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patton
(Obama has replaced "Res Publica" with "Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi.")
To: patton
The night sky is always beautiful in the northern hemisphere, this time of year especially. Usually the northern lights are visible too and give a good show once in a while, but no sign of them so far this year. Must be because of the lack of sun spot activity.
To: patton
You think you are immune? If only I was.
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09/03/2009 1:41:25 AM PDT
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Talisker
(When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
To: patton
I live way out in the country as well, so there is no light pollution to spoil the view.
To: Nathan Zachary
No northern lights, indicates coming ice age. Or, at least, a Maunder minimum.
So much for global warming.
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09/03/2009 1:44:23 AM PDT
by
patton
(Obama has replaced "Res Publica" with "Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi.")
To: patton
Looks like another freakin’ cold winter then.
To: Talisker
Me, too.
Anyway, the ISS is in the buckyball atmosphere - it is not in a vacuum. There is wind up there - howling wind, going at thousands of miles an hour.
It is just very thin.
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09/03/2009 1:51:31 AM PDT
by
patton
(Obama has replaced "Res Publica" with "Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi.")
To: Nathan Zachary
Oh, yes - what does Farmer’s Almanac have to say?
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09/03/2009 1:54:33 AM PDT
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patton
(Obama has replaced "Res Publica" with "Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi.")
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