"Joseph A. Dellinger" wrote: > > Right now, there is nobody in space! The entire population of > humanity is confined to Earth. When will the _permanent_ human occupation of > space begin, I wonder? > > I had thought that the long unbroken span of MIR crews in the 1990's > marked the beginning, but it was not --- it got interrupted last year. When > the first crew goes up to take residence in the space station, will _that_ > finally mark the beginning? > > (When is that launch supposed to happen? Very shortly, right?) > Very shortly. NASA's web site is reporting the launch time as 1:53 AM CST, 7:53 AM GMT, 31 October. Here in Japan we have a lovely (mag 0.8) pass predicted for ISS at 17:15 local time, or about 20 minutes after the Progress launch. I was wondering about the launch trajectory. Anyone care to speculate whether it will be visible here? Marc Bradshaw 37.028N 138.254E 75M AMSL ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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