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#80 by eeergo on 14 Feb, 2008 21:44
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Dan looming in the corner :laugh:
(the commentator said he was making an IP call, he isn't just bored
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#81 by nsf-rt on 14 Feb, 2008 23:16
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I just saw a bright object near to the station getting brighter (closer?), before they switched cameras.
A reflection off a cable?
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#82 by spacebudget on 14 Feb, 2008 23:29
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This morning, right after the ESA PAO event, between about 10:25 and 10:30 am EST, and just after sunset, NASA TV had an outside view of the station, same view as on page 4 of this thread, but just after dark. I saw something that looked like a fabric cover of some sort float between the station toward the shuttle. It starts near center low, and floats up and left. It goes out of sight just as the CAPCOM jokes to Peggy about getting the flags out again. I managed to get the last few second on my DVD recorder, but have no way of sharing it. Does anyone else see that, or have the video archived?
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#83 by TrueBlueWitt on 14 Feb, 2008 23:50
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nsf-rt - 14/2/2008 7:16 PM
I just saw a bright object near to the station getting brighter (closer?), before they switched cameras.
A reflection off a cable?
Looks like probably seeing the tip of one of the Solar arrays against the black of space.. sun reflection can change due to orbit or array rotation. but that's just my speculation -
#84 by nsf-rt on 15 Feb, 2008 00:39
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TrueBlueWitt - 14/2/2008 6:50 PM
Quotensf-rt - 14/2/2008 7:16 PM
I just saw a bright object near to the station getting brighter (closer?), before they switched cameras.
A reflection off a cable?
Looks like probably seeing the tip of one of the Solar arrays against the black of space.. sun reflection can change due to orbit or array rotation. but that's just my speculation
It is still there now, it must be part of the station. -
#85 by Jason Davies on 15 Feb, 2008 03:22
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nsf-rt - 14/2/2008 7:39 PM
QuoteTrueBlueWitt - 14/2/2008 6:50 PM
Quotensf-rt - 14/2/2008 7:16 PM
I just saw a bright object near to the station getting brighter (closer?), before they switched cameras.
A reflection off a cable?
Looks like probably seeing the tip of one of the Solar arrays against the black of space.. sun reflection can change due to orbit or array rotation. but that's just my speculation
It is still there now, it must be part of the station.
Yeah, it can be very deceptive. The last 'floating stuff' seen was during the flyaround after STS-117 or STS-118, but that ended up being small particles catching the lens, I believe. -
#86 by shaula1247 on 15 Feb, 2008 07:40
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Just been watching the highlights replay and a cuple of pieces of trivia occurred to me.
First up, Columbus is first ¨dead end"attached to the station, it is the only space with only a single access point, seems significant somehow as an indication of progress towards completion.
Second is the evidence of adaption to microgravity over time. During the PAO event the long term residents were quite still where the blow-ins bobbing around probably in time with with respiration. Thats an interesting adaption, to achieve automatic compensation to keep the head still in the absence of the normal cues.
Well, I liked it anyway.
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#87 by Hans_ACS on 15 Feb, 2008 08:04
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Maybe this is asked already, but when they remove panels covering the instruments on Columbus, what do they do with them ? I guess you can't throw these out of the window
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