Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, interesting, Peter. I saw the ISS flying over us tonight a couple of hours ago, but we won't see it here again until July. It was a pity that SpaceX didn't get away on the 27th as the orbit of the ISS took it over us in Ireland at that time, and we would have seen SpaceX chasing it down apparently. Not to be, unfortunately, so I just had to make do with seeing the ISS about 640 kilometres away to the south west. I'm assuming that it was about 640 k as my house is 500 k away from the ground track of its orbit and the ISS is 400 k above that. Of course, I'm not allowing for the curvature of the Earth which probably puts it a bit further away, but I'm not up for calculating that. Douglas On 29/05/2020 02:15, Richard Clompus via LUG wrote: > Really neat stuff. Space X is launching (hopefully) on Saturday!! > > Be well, > Richard > > Richard Clompus > California > >> On May 27, 2020, at 5:31 PM, Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >> wrote: >> >> Here are a few photos taken inside NASA's Space Vehicle Mockup Facility >> in Houston. Astronauts train here for future missions to the >> International Space Station, the moon and Mars. It's hard to believe I >> was there only 3 months ago, near the end of the "before-time." >> >> This shot is particularly interesting because a NASA technician is >> training a robot for a future Mars mission. I wondered about the pickup >> truck. It turns out that they use it to teach the robot how to open >> doors. >> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at >> N04/49943265091/in/dateposted-public/> >> >> Here's the rest of my picks, showing ISS module mockups and such: >> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at >> N04/49942752458/in/dateposted-public/> >> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at >> N04/49943265161/in/dateposted-public/> >> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at >> N04/49943265191/in/dateposted-public/> >> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at >> N04/49943561352/in/dateposted-public/> >> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at >> N04/49943561392/in/dateposted-public/> >> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at >> N04/49943265261/in/dateposted-public/> >> >> Olympus E-M5 and Panasonic 20/1.7 (40mm equivalent). Our large tour group >> was packed into a narrow hallway above the facility, with thick glass >> windows. I don't remember seeing the Space-X Dragon mockup, but we were >> being moved along fairly quickly. View large and full screen if you can. >> Enjoy! >> >> --Peter >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information