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T O P I C R E V I E Wastro junkie" ...Meteors are unpredictable. You never know, not exactly, when one will streak across the sky.Not so on Wednesday, September 8th. At precisely 8:52:46 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), northwest of Bend, Oregon, a fireball will appear: a white-hot dot of light, brighter than the planet Venus, gliding across the blue morning sky. ..." http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/03sep_genesisreentry.htm?aol766310 Sgt. PepperWOW!LibraSparkleYAY! Thanks AJ! I'm only about 150 miles North of Bend LibraSparkleThat... and the one on my B-Day. Yay! How fun!astro junkieCan you take a picture?LibraSparkleHmm... Prolly. My MIL has a great digital camera.I'll see if I can borrow it.Archerdamn...these things never happen in bombay (mumbai).------------------NeeravLibraSparkleI'm gonna try to get a pic of it...Might be hard though. My kids are due at school right around the same time.astro junkieLet them be late and share the experience!astro junkie"Space Weather News for Sept. 7, 2004 http://spaceweather.com On Wednesday morning, Sept. 8th, NASA's Genesis space capsule will streakover Oregon, Idaho, Nevada and Utah, returning samples of the solar windto Earth. Sky watchers within 100 miles of the reentry path might be ableto see the fireball in broad daylight. The best place to be is northernNevada, where the fireball is expected to be brightest.New maps and data files just posted on Spaceweather.com may help observerslocate and track the capsule.Visual observations of the event will be limited to a narrow corridoraround the reentry path, but ham radio operators across a much broaderarea can detect the fireball--by listening. The capsule will blaze aradio-reflecting plasma trail from Oregon to Utah. The reentry offers anopportunity for meteor-burst communications. Follow the links atSpaceweather.com for more information."LibraSparkleHrm... I hope I can see it.LibraSparkleCouldn't see it astro junkieDarn Darn Darn!!I haven't even seen TV to see if they were successful nabbing the parachute with heli-f'ing'-copters. Oh yeah, and there are stunt men in the choppers. Wait, maybe they are filming a movie?------------------ ... it's better to light a candle than curse the darknessastro junkieI just saw the footage. This is too funny. You know it has to be top secret, or else, someone may patent the mix that came back. The biological mix which created the entire universe? HECK YEAH! The MF crashed, not even the parachute deployed, and cast and crew members were not able to save the day.
Not so on Wednesday, September 8th. At precisely 8:52:46 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), northwest of Bend, Oregon, a fireball will appear: a white-hot dot of light, brighter than the planet Venus, gliding across the blue morning sky. ..."
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/03sep_genesisreentry.htm?aol766310
I'll see if I can borrow it.
------------------Neerav
Might be hard though. My kids are due at school right around the same time.
On Wednesday morning, Sept. 8th, NASA's Genesis space capsule will streakover Oregon, Idaho, Nevada and Utah, returning samples of the solar windto Earth. Sky watchers within 100 miles of the reentry path might be ableto see the fireball in broad daylight. The best place to be is northernNevada, where the fireball is expected to be brightest.
New maps and data files just posted on Spaceweather.com may help observerslocate and track the capsule.
Visual observations of the event will be limited to a narrow corridoraround the reentry path, but ham radio operators across a much broaderarea can detect the fireball--by listening. The capsule will blaze aradio-reflecting plasma trail from Oregon to Utah. The reentry offers anopportunity for meteor-burst communications. Follow the links atSpaceweather.com for more information."
I haven't even seen TV to see if they were successful nabbing the parachute with heli-f'ing'-copters. Oh yeah, and there are stunt men in the choppers. Wait, maybe they are filming a movie?
------------------ ... it's better to light a candle than curse the darkness
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