Great description... No excitement for me this year(Saturday night)... lots of clouds,... but at last years fireworks in Dundas, Ontario, I made sure I checked to see what stars/planets were going to be around that night, and if there were any flares/satellites/ISS. As you descibe perfectly "I was torn between watching the pyrotechnics" or the stars/planets becoming visible, satellites, and two flares also visible that night. As I sat there, I realized that I was probably the only one of quite a few hundred people that knew where to look, and knew what I saw when the Iridium flashed. As as child I wanted to be an astronaut... and disqualified myself from that when I started wearing glasses, but my life has been invaded by the irresistable urge to watch rocket launches, launch my own models, watch Lunar landings, experience Mars Pathfinder, Iridiums, etc. and as you perfectly described something that I can't never explain to others around me. I feel that "strange sense of comradery with a glowing spot of light hurtling through space some hundreds of miles away" Thank you, for that description... it's the only way to say it ! Bruce Musson Ontario, Canada. 43.2630N 79.8103W > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Wagner [SMTP:sciteach1950@home.com] > Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 00:58 > To: SeeSat > Subject: ISS and a Pyro display! <snip> > Moments later I was torn between watching the pyrotechnics or the > station---a tough decision for me. <snip> > What a treat. Something to write on the kitchen calendar. > > Tom > Iowa > USA > <snip> > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' > in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org > http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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