Since the subject of "off topic" was first mentioned by me, I want to clarify something. When I responded that I felt that a post was off topic, I was not implying that CONTOUR or any aspects of rocket motor firings or other items related to visual observing of CONTOUR was off topic. The post I responded to was short, dealt with no aspect of viewing CONTOUR, but aimed at bringing NASA policy into question concerning doing a burn while not having radio contact with the spacecraft. It may be debatable if that policy was right or wrong, and I don't have any problems with the fact that the question was raised. I simply stated that I'd answer it offline. But I still feel that those discussions should be held somewhere other than on list set aside for visual satellite observing. I fully agree with all of you who point out the benefits of this topic for visually observing CONTOUR. Ralph McConahy 34.8829N 117.0064W 670m -----Original Message----- From: Willie Koorts [mailto:wpk@saao.ac.za] Sent: Friday, 16 August 2002 4:06 AM To: SeeSat-L Mailing List Subject: Contour - OT or not? This is indeed not OT at all. If you log onto http://SkyandTelescope.com now you are greeted with this caption: Missing Spacecraft The Contour spacecraft is lost, and NASA is turning to amateur astronomers to help recover it. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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