> I wonder if a "balloon" wouldnt be better. Of course one the size of > Echo > would really be neat (particularly for my other hobby...grin) but > even 1/3 > or /14 that would be quite visible. A balloon would probably be cheaper, and produce more observations. The disadvantages are that there wouldn't be the "personal connection" with the students and the satellite (polish mirrors, and then you see the mirror's reflection of the sun after launch...), and there wouldn't be any flashes (unless you make certain parts of the balloon more shiny thean other parts). Did the STARSHINE project ever consider using balloons? ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W http://www.angelfire.com/stars2/projectorion 5 hours behind UT (-5) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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