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Earlier tonight, I caught my

acanuck — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:57:41 +0000

In reply to Just caught tonight's pass,

Earlier tonight, I caught my third magnitude -3.3 pass in a week. The next good viewing opportunities (from Montreal) are about a month away, so I'll blog out on this topic. All I'll say is that, if you get a chance to see a pass of -3 or greater from your locality, take it. The sunlight reflecting off the solar array is golden. Seen against a clear starry sky, it is breathtakingly beautiful. We humans did that.

Just caught tonight's pass,

acanuck — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:02:49 +0000

In reply to Since nobody else seems to

Just caught tonight's pass, including a fadeout as the station passed into Earth's shadow. Cool.

Since nobody else seems to

acanuck — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:14:57 +0000

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Since nobody else seems to have noticed, I've got to call myself on this (I know I could just edit it out, but that would be wrong). I'm so used to cutting out the U on blogs or comments at "American" sites -- color for colour, valor for valour -- that I automatically did the same for Endeavour.

What I failed to realize is that the shuttle's name is properly spelled the Canadian-British way, not the American way. The vehicle is not named for the common noun for a goal-oriented activity, but for the ship British captain James Cook sailed around the world. My apologies.

The weather has not been co-operating with my shuttle-viewing efforts. I'll give it another shot tomorrow.

As of 25 minutes ago,

acanuck — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:13:26 +0000

In reply to We have liftoff. Now look up

As of 25 minutes ago, Endeavor has successfully docked with the station.

Word. The space program has

Michael Wolraich — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:20:59 +0000

In reply to I can't believe we're talking

Word. The space program has become a sad joke. I have a related news-from-the-future post, but I'm saving it for the moon landing anniversary.

I can't believe we're talking

Nebton — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:46:00 +0000

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I can't believe we're talking about deorbiting this thing. If we're going to abandon it, we should find a way to "up-orbit" it. I.e., we should put it into a higher, more stable orbit so that when we need those raw materials, we can get them from there, where it'd be cheaper. Stupid bureaucrats.

Also, I'm sure there's a hockey reference in there somewhere, but I can't find it. What am I missing?

New Yorkers can also look

acanuck — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:43:19 +0000

In reply to We have liftoff. Now look up

New Yorkers can also look northwest at 8:56 p.m. on Saturday, July 25. Another brilliant overhead pass.