Asri-unix.1119 net.space utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:C70:sri-unix!DWO@MIT-AI Wed Mar 31 22:37:12 1982 shuttle vis DWO@MIT-AI 04/01/82 01:37:09 Re: shuttle vis To: SPACE at MIT-AI not only does the shuttle have to appear above the horizon to be visable, but it must do so while the observer and most of the atmosphere above him are in darkness, but the shuttle is still illuminated. this is a rather rare event for objects in low earth orbit, and is even more so when you constrain it by the observer's location and weather conditions. this should explain the paucity of suitable viewing locations and times promulgated by nasa. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.