Re: Jules Verne and the ISS

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:56:35 -0000, "John Dean"
<john-dean@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Boron Elgar wrote:
>> We have a clear evening here in NJ, so I went here to check:
>>
>> http://spaceweather.com/flybys/
>>
>> And then I saw the Jules Verne and the International Space Station
>> traverse the sky (JV first, followed by the ISS a few minutes later).
>> Boy they really zipped across.
>>
>> The Hub, The Princess and I all though it was pretty cool.
>>
>> (Jules Verne is an unmanned, robotic space****p able to carry almost 8
>> tons of equipment and supplies to the International Space Station.)
>>
>
>There's another good site for predictions of satellite activity at any
given 
>location:
>
>http://www.heavens-above.com/
>
>Thursday night is our first chance (weather permitting) to see the ATV
with 
>the return if the ISS


Yup, that is a site we use,too.

I am such a sucker for this stuff.

Boron