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2007-06-28 -Lurid Crime Tales-

International Space Station, as seen from the ground

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Posted by Mike 2007-06-28 16:52|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 "relatively simple equipment."

Adaptive optics? I wouldn't describe that as simple equipment.

Posted by Mark E. 2007-06-28 16:57|| 2007-06-28 16:57|| Front Page Top

#2 makes for a better boast, when you call something simple, and everyone in the room goes DUH.........embarrased. nice work, despite the put down to all of us who didnt do it first.

Posted by Spiny Gl 2511 2007-06-28 17:24|| 2007-06-28 17:24|| Front Page Top

#3 direct quote from article:

"The folks at the Clay Center Observatory did it...."

Posted by Mark E. 2007-06-28 17:34|| 2007-06-28 17:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Clay Center Observatory - Operated by the Dexter (Boys K-12) and Southfield (Girls K-12) Schools - both "Very High-End" private schools in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2007-06-28 18:18|| 2007-06-28 18:18|| Front Page Top

#5 I've seen university observatories that couldn;t bolster that kind of sophistication.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2007-06-28 19:01|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2007-06-28 19:01|| Front Page Top

#6 When after the lift off of the Columbia it was shown the debris hitting the shuttle wing, the Air Force offered to use it's ground based optical equipment to survey the craft, tile section by tile section. NASA declined. The shuttle disintegrated upon reentry. Lost in the recriminations that followed is that the AF had that level of capability.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-06-28 20:06|| 2007-06-28 20:06|| Front Page Top

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