Hello Jonathan. Well my thought to get the flashes was to (and I realize that this would be some magnitude harder) do one of three things. The first was to tether two balloons together about 50 or so feet apart. The second was the paint idea that you had. The third was to put appendages on the ballon (sort of Mouse ear like things) and that would give flashes. Of course if the idea is simply to have something to give the kiddies observations and allow them to do "things" like figure drag etc seeing the satellite not observing its rotation is the important thing. (I guess). Robert >From: Jonathan T Wojack <tlj18@juno.com> >To: SeeSat-L@satobs.org >Subject: Re: Starshine-2 not seen again >Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2001 11:17:16 -0500 > > > 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 > Robert Oler WB5MZO Houston TX _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
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