Comments on: Links for 24-10-2006 http://www.velcro-city.co.uk/links-for-24-10-2006/ Science fiction, science fact, and all that's in between ... Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:49:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Armchair Anarchist http://www.velcro-city.co.uk/links-for-24-10-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-4368 Armchair Anarchist Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:08:50 +0000 http://www.velcro-city.co.uk/links-for-2006-10-24/#comment-4368 Just a note about the shuttle launch pictures listed above; I received an email from a NASA guy who informs me that those pictures are not from the ISS at all, but from a 'chaser plane' that tracks shuttle launches - which in hindsight makes sense. As the guy puts it: <blockquote>"...the ISS is 250 miles in orbit, not 60,000ft in the air."</blockquote> I stand corrected. Still, beautiful images, though! Just a note about the shuttle launch pictures listed above; I received an email from a NASA guy who informs me that those pictures are not from the ISS at all, but from a ‘chaser plane’ that tracks shuttle launches – which in hindsight makes sense. As the guy puts it:

“…the ISS is 250 miles in orbit, not 60,000ft in the air.”

I stand corrected. Still, beautiful images, though!

]]> By: links for 2006-10-25 -- Chip’s Quips http://www.velcro-city.co.uk/links-for-24-10-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-4095 links for 2006-10-25 -- Chip’s Quips Wed, 25 Oct 2006 02:35:52 +0000 http://www.velcro-city.co.uk/links-for-2006-10-24/#comment-4095 [...] Viking landers may have found Martian life after all - space - 23 October 2006 - New Scientist Space [...] Viking landers may have found Martian life after all – space – 23 October 2006 – New Scientist Space

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