Yes, I remember that ground track very clearly because I wanted to head north with the boy and try to see it. I think I also remember one that came darn near down the middle of the SJV to EDW. And when you say you heard it, was it a crackle, sizzle, boom or RF? td > From: paulgrace@lookoutranch.com > To: direland@drdale.com; roger.in.eugene@gmail.com > Subject: RE: Shuttle landing path > Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:58:55 -0700 > CC: seesat-l@satobs.org > > Columbia passed over Point Arena, California (I live here and heard it--damn > the cloud cover!) and burned up over Texas. It would seem it was > descending. > > -----Original Message----- > From: seesat-l-bounces+paulgrace=lookoutranch.com@satobs.org > [mailto:seesat-l-bounces+paulgrace=lookoutranch.com@satobs.org] On Behalf Of > Dale Ireland > Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 11:22 > To: 'Roger' > Cc: 'SeeSat-L' > Subject: RE: Shuttle landing path > > Gong! The policy was in effect for years before that. Also the Columbia WAS > ascending but it wasn't in a high inclination orbit . > > Dale > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Roger [mailto:roger.in.eugene@gmail.com] > > Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 11:10 AM > > To: Dale Ireland > > Cc: SeeSat-L > > Subject: Re: Shuttle landing path > > > > I think after Columbia, they tried to avoid flying over the > > US on re-entry. > > > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Dale Ireland > > <direland@drdale.com> wrote: > > > Why did the shuttle almost always land on the ascending leg of its > > > orbit rather than the descending which gives the whole > > country a great view? > > > > > > Dale > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Seesat-l mailing list > > > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/private/seesat-l/attachments/20110721/0781bb8c/attachment.html _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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