[ATMoB-discuss] ISS passover

[John Boudreau]

Ya, but sometimes it's cool to be a nerd, John!!!

I tried to record the pass last night with my TEC140 and DMK video camera, but right on cue as I started the recording the camera link failed and the computer locked up :o(

Endeavour separated from the ISS this morning, as it's being brought down early to avoid any problems with the hurricane.  So we'll have two separate vehicles passing over tonight a few seconds apart.

---John Boudreau

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Sheff" <jsheff at comcast.net>
To: "'A. Joseph Ross'" <joe at attorneyross.com>; <atmob-discuss at atmob.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 5:02 PM
Subject: RE: [ATMoB-discuss] ISS passover


> 
> Yes, we were at a star party in Dorchester last night, with maybe 30 or 40
> people - a good number of them inner-city teenagers. We knew the pass was
> going to happen, and that we were in a pretty decent location to see it. A
> lot of them didn't believe us that it would happen. When the pass happened,
> right on time, there were a lot of "wows!" and "that's cool"-s, but a common
> reaction was that we knew all this stuff because we were nerds.
> 
> John Sheff
> Cambridge, MA
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:atmob-discuss-bounces at atmob.org] On Behalf Of A. Joseph Ross
> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 2:53 PM
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> Subject: [ATMoB-discuss] ISS passover
> 
> The International Space Station passed over last evening around 8:42 
> PM.  With the help of heavens-above.com, I was prepared for it.  I 
> first saw it coming up to the right of the bowl of the Big Dipper.  I 
> compared its brightness to Jupiter and thought it was slightly 
> brighter.  
> 
> I happened to be at an outdoor ice-cream stand in Dartmouth, MA at 
> the time, and I let people around me know what it was.  Some 
> teenagers thought it was "cool."  Others thought it was "weird."  
> 
> It will pass tonight again around 9:07 PM.
> 
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