Re: Mir reentry visibility from land

From: JamesOberg@aol.com
Date: Tue Mar 20 2001 - 11:03:15 PST

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    In a message dated 3/20/01 12:19:37 PM Central Standard Time, 
    ROBERT.D.MATSON@saic.com writes:
    
    << Either Citron is mistaken, or (more likely) the reporter has
     misquoted his beliefs.  The Mir reentry will certainly be
     visible from Fiji and Tonga, and probably from Nauru, Vanuatu
     and the Soloman Islands (e.g. Guadalcanal) as well.  The "chances"
     of seeing it from land aren't remote; it's the locations themselves
     that are remote. >>
    
    True, but the odds of clear weather from land are not good. 
    
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