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Feb 1, 2003 2:29 pm
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Just saw this on Fox News - The Space Shuttle Columbia has broken apart on re-entry. All on board are dead. Bob Y...
Hi Wayne, A couple of years ago I was able to acquire a set of the Celestron pads from a science store that was going out of business...I think I got them for...
Wayne, I did manage to get some video of the Shuttle this morning. I'll put out an observing report later this evening. For now, just thinking about the whole...
Thanks Don, Jim was acutally the one with the inquiry, I was just posting a link I had seen the other day. How effective do you think they would be in a wind...
Hey, I know this is a terrible day for all of us. I have also watched the shuttle and the space station passes on other occasions and actually set the 4504 up...
Hi, I just uploaded a file that I had sent to a friend of mine in Nice, Ca. concerning the STS107 pass on re-entry. It shows that the shuttle was only 273 Km...
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Feb 2, 2003 12:02 am
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Jim, I can't seem to post. Everything I send bounces back. I use two different email addresses and this one won't verify. Consider this message a test. Richard...
I posted this on QCUIAG, and I repeat it here for my fellow 114mm owners. The Columbia pass over Las Vegas, NV this morning was to peak at about 0555PST. I set...
..i believe that NASA might be interested in your images Paul..i seem to remember see something about NASA requesting anyone with images of the event contact...
After spending the entire day thinking about the Shuttle Tragedy, I though I could just say a few words, which will reflect the thoughts I am sure many others...
Be sure and forward your images, as blurry as they may seem to you, to NASA. (there is an email address they had on MSNBC for the public with any images of...
I am uploading a 95MB zip file to NASA right now. I also sent them this text: I captured a 1.346GB AVI video of the STS as it passed over Las Vegas, NV...
I know this is off topic to the group, but is there any way you could upload some of the images to the yahoo groups site? I'm certain I'm not the only one who...
Just listening to the NASA press conference saying an observer in California saw debris breaking off. So it is very possible you caught the start of the...
What I noticed is that the pads helped the scope settle down a little quicker after it had been touched...such as after focusing. I don't think they would help...
Don, Being a miser at heart (and having a wife who easily angers), I'm always looking for ways to do things less expensively. It seems to me that $50 (about...
Bob, I don't think it is far off topic, as the pictures were captured with a Meade 114EQ-DH4. I have also considered whether I should post these pictures at...
I, too, remember the Challenger disaster vividly. My teenage son at the time made a 4-panel charcoal sketch of the TV images of the Shuttle, explosion, and...
Jim, I know whta you mean...I would not have bought these pads except I got a real good deal. I just looked at the celestron pads that I have. They have 3...
Hey, I just returned from five days at the Orange Blossom Special Star Party in Brooksville, FL. This is an annual event by St Petersburg Astronomy Club, and...
... Paul, remember that they may be swamped by contact attempts. And a 96 MB file is a pretty hefty download. Many government sites are not accepting single...
... ? ... the feet ... and then ... Jim Try Alum. tuna cans, and a small shallow cup one inch or so,just enough for tripod to fit. This would be cheaper,and...
So, you think silicone rubber would make a reasonable dampening material? I suspect one could do some engineering calculations and determine the ideal amount...
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