Ted wrote..... > Some may find the prospect of such discussions boring, .... <snipped the rest> No, not boring. Although always having an interest in this field, with regards to making real obs, I'm a total newbie yet to make/report first true obs. However, I have just invested a small fortune (well, it is to me anyway) in the hardware to make obs (not to mention putting the "back yard" number one in my new house purchase requirements, which I move into on Tues). With that in mind, and looking forward to my reporting the first obs result, imagine how I feel at the pos impending loss of public tles??? Supposing said widely published tles evaporate from the net under new policy, I guess I'll have to dust of some old calculus books and start diy'ing them. Daunting prospect for a newbie who last sat a maths test 20yrs ago! But, hey, that could be part of the fun???? With regards the recent "Celestrak" announcement and this thread, I am reading all this with some puzzlement to it's eventual outcome. However, being a UK citizen, I can hardly write to my congressman and complain. Anyway, reading with interest as always and looking forward to the outcome of public tle availability, which ever way it goes. Btw, "web cronies"?? I guess loss of publicly available tles will "push underground" those that produce/report home made versions of such. That's sounds worse to me! --Ak ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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