[Leica] NASA Space Vehicle Mockup Facility

[Douglas Barry]

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@N04/49943265091/in/dateposted-public/>
>>
>> Here's the rest of my picks, showing ISS module mockups and such:
>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/49942752458/in/dateposted-public/>
>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/49943265161/in/dateposted-public/>
>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/49943265191/in/dateposted-public/>
>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/49943561352/in/dateposted-public/>
>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/49943561392/in/dateposted-public/>
>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@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