Thursday, September 30, 2004

International Space Station

So, I was going to post before anyone else (i.e. Kyle) had a chance to post. We just got back from a spectacular game of Ultimate, at which Jana showed her mighty, yet hidden and underestimated Ultimate skills. This was capped off by someof Milwaukee's Best and the viewing of the International Space Station (trademark 2001) as it crossed beneath the Big Dipper. Somehow Ken knew that it was coming. Something to do with literacy and the leisure time to read the local newspaper. Anyway, it appeared as a dim speck, much like a satellite crossing the sky, as predicted, and became gradually brighter as it passed overhead, and then dimmed within a couple of minutes (allegedly 4 minutes total to be exact). So cool. I can't imagine how often one gets the opportunity to view a celestial body, with passengers aboard, with the naked eye. There are probably statistics on the web for that, but I'm not going to reference them. Anyway, it is supposed to happen tomorrow night as well, around 7:11 pm Arizona time. Ch-ch-ch-ch--check it out.

2 Comments:

Blogger Brian said...

Seriously? That kicks ass. Thanks for the tip!

8:06 PM  
Blogger Ken said...

Actually, I think it's supposed to be a bit earlier tonight. Rising just below the handle of the Big Dipper at 6:53pm, moving past the last star in the handle, and soaring overhead. 4 minute viewing is about right.

8:02 AM  

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