[s-cars] [Fwd: Audi and the Space Station]

[Jerry Scott]

Mike
I'm not usually up at that hour of the morning, but since I was headed 
to the bathroom for the usual 6:00 am pee, I decided to step outside to 
see if I could catch the passage.  When 6:10 rolled by, I though that I 
had missed it, but then at 6:11 it came into view.  To me this was a 
very impressive sighting.  It was much larger than a star and easily 
seen with the naked eye.  Our sky here in the foothills were perfectly 
clear and the path was just as you described.  Funny that there was no 
news on TV of this happening.  Thanks for the heads-up (pun intended) - 
very memorable viewing.
Jerry Scott

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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:     [s-cars] Audi and the Space Station
> Date:     Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:07:15 -0600
> From:     Michael Wakefield <S4Quattro at comcast.net>
> To:     s-car list <s-car-list at audifans.com>
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> Greetings!
> My S4 is working great, 1.8 coils and all (mandatory Audi content).
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> For those of you that live near Denver, Sunday morning, 3-18, will  
> provide a rare spectacular naked eye view of the Space Station, as it  
> passes directly overhead from SW to NE. It is in a very low orbit  
> right now (about 200 miles - it started out at 400 miles altitude).   
> NASA is planning some very heavy Shuttle missions to help finish the  
> Station, and the lower the Station is, the easier it is to get up to  
> it. For those of you in Denver, you know you can easily see 100 miles  
> up and down the front range on a clear day. With any decent  
> binoculars, the Space Station should look like more than just a fast  
> moving light in the sky. It will start being visible in the SW just  
> after 6:04 in the morning, will be almost directly overhead (and  
> slightly SE) at 6:07, and disappear in the NE at 6:09+
>
> By the way, I never owned a Scirroco, but I've had a Lancia Beta  
> Coupe (Fiat's finest) and a Delorean (good looks, little motor).
> Cheers,
> Mike Wakefield
> Highlands Ranch CO
> 93S4
> 97 Cabriolet
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