Doesn't look all that impressive, does it? Especially since the distance to the moon would be over 11000 pixels on this scale.
ISS orbit picture
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#1 ISS orbit picture
I didn't want to spam the new year's thread with more rants about the ISS, but anyway, to illustrate what I was saying there, here's the picture I was talking about:
Doesn't look all that impressive, does it? Especially since the distance to the moon would be over 11000 pixels on this scale.
Doesn't look all that impressive, does it? Especially since the distance to the moon would be over 11000 pixels on this scale.
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Not that the damned thing would be any more useful if it were in geostationary orbit. USED to be people took us having a permanent moon base by now a given and a Mars colony was considered highly likely. Instead, we got... the International Barely Transatmospheric Station.
'I wonder how far the barometer sunk.'-'All der way. Trust me on dis.'
'Go ahead. Bake my quiche'.
'Undead or alive, you're coming with me.'
'Detritus?'-'Yessir?'-'Never go to Klatch'.-'Yessir.'
'Many fine old manuscripts in that place, I believe. Without price, I'm told.'-'Yes, sir. Certainly worthless, sir.'-'Is it possible you misunderstood what I just said, Commander?'
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'Run away, and live to run away another day'-The Rincewind principle
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'Go ahead. Bake my quiche'.
'Undead or alive, you're coming with me.'
'Detritus?'-'Yessir?'-'Never go to Klatch'.-'Yessir.'
'Many fine old manuscripts in that place, I believe. Without price, I'm told.'-'Yes, sir. Certainly worthless, sir.'-'Is it possible you misunderstood what I just said, Commander?'
'Can't sing, can't dance, can handle a sword a little'
'Run away, and live to run away another day'-The Rincewind principle
'Hello, inner child. I'm the inner babysitter.'
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Actually it's not even transatmospheric, since it is well within the thermosphere. It's only beyond the lower atmosphere. To be fair, many satelites are there too. I guess I wouldn't quibble about it if at least it were in the exosphere. Or maybe I'm just venting my disappointment about space flight in general. Yea, that sounds about right.Batman wrote:Not that the damned thing would be any more useful if it were in geostationary orbit. USED to be people took us having a permanent moon base by now a given and a Mars colony was considered highly likely. Instead, we got... the International Barely Transatmospheric Station.
PS: NASA defines "in space" as being beyond 100 km or so, where the lower atmosphere ends.