In a second attempt to try to remedy this problem, I have already committed myself several weeks ago to provide general talks on this topic in the region where nighttime Shuttle reentries will occur on a regular basis for high inclination Shuttle flights. These visits to ISS normally will land on ascending orbits into Florida. As Ed Cannon noted there was this very recent response reported in the press from a nonpublicized reentry: Just in case someone missed it, here's a story about the stir caused in Central America and southern Mexico by the latest Shuttle reentry: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010726/sc/centam_space_shuttle_1.html I am planning to travel to El Salvador on 31 August to brief local amateur astronomers on the reentry phenomenon surrounding the Space Shuttle. Though I gave a similar talk in Guatemala City earlier this year, the lack of a 'heads up' there caused the reaction there. It is very difficult to provide such warnings due to the likelihood of changes in the Shuttle reentry path. If you 'cry wolf' too many times, nobody will pay attention. These landing time and site changes are almost consistently happening when weather causes wave offs at KSC. However, in my opinion, part of our SEESAT responsibility is to clarify to others what is happening in the night sky so that it can put some order in the otherwise chaotic world of the general public. Paul Paul D. Maley tel. 281-244-0208, fax.281-244-1140 lat.29.6049N, lon. 95.1069W, el. 6m ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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