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RE: Elon Musk's Starlink, ISS, - Over Puna - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 03-14-2016
It hasn't blown up yet,
That's the unspoken foundation for many a successful endeavor...
(and then, at some point, we exhale.)
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." -Annie Dillard
RE: Elon Musk's Starlink, ISS, - Over Puna - TomK - 03-14-2016
"This is a great event but this is just another soft lander attempt."
Perhaps you should do a little more reading. The lander part of the mission is a periphery. The main mission is the orbiter which will be measuring the atmosphere to help determine whether the presence of methane has a geological or biological cause.
RE: Elon Musk's Starlink, ISS, - Over Puna - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 03-26-2016
ISS passing over Hawaii Easter Sunday morning:
Time: Sun Mar 27 5:34 AM
Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 53°, Appears: 10° above NNW, Disappears: 10° above SE
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." -Annie Dillard
RE: Elon Musk's Starlink, ISS, - Over Puna - TomK - 03-28-2016
The ISS is visible this evening as well. Rises in the SW at 19:37, sets at 19:43 in the NNE. Highest point is approx 50 degrees above the horizon to the WNW (for those in lower Puna, look above Mauna Kea at 19:40). Clear skies, everyone!
RE: Elon Musk's Starlink, ISS, - Over Puna - opihikao - 03-28-2016
quote:Mahalo, Mr. Tom! It's a tad cloudy and voggy at the moment, but the weather folks on the news said Mauna Kea would have winds up to 80MPH or so tonight. [:0] Hopefully it will clear the skies...
Originally posted by TomK
The ISS is visible this evening as well. Rises in the SW at 19:37, sets at 19:43 in the NNE. Highest point is approx 50 degrees above the horizon to the WNW (for those in lower Puna, look above Mauna Kea at 19:40). Clear skies, everyone!
We'll be looking up from here.
Enjoy!
RE: Elon Musk's Starlink, ISS, - Over Puna - TomK - 03-28-2016
PS. For those that know the night sky, the ISS will pass very close to Aldebaran in Taurus just before 19:40. If you don't know how to find Aldebaran, but can identify Orion's Belt, then the belt points almost directly towards Aldebaran in the NW (or to the right if you work that way). It's a bright star with a reddish-orange hue.
RE: Elon Musk's Starlink, ISS, - Over Puna - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 03-28-2016
Excellent view tonight. Thanks Tom, the station came into view for me a little before it lined up with Orion's Belt & Aldebaran.
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." -Annie Dillard
RE: Elon Musk's Starlink, ISS, - Over Puna - TomK - 03-28-2016
Just watched with my neighbor. Wonderful sight! I was thinking of the astronauts as we watched it as they would have been experiencing their own sunset at the time, although they do get to see several a day!
RE: Elon Musk's Starlink, ISS, - Over Puna - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 03-28-2016
As a future space traveler might say:
“I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... off the shoulder of Orion. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain."
-Blade Runner
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." -Annie Dillard
RE: Elon Musk's Starlink, ISS, - Over Puna - macuu222 - 03-28-2016
Watched it cruise across the sky at 17,000 miles an hour here in lower HPP. Beautiful sight.