Any of you SeeSaters nearby me in southern West Virginia might have a rare opportunity to see both Starshines at once (if you can ever see either), a week from tonight on 2/17. Both are making a rare > 80 degree zenith pass over us within a few minutes of each other. Having been frustrated so many times before, it seems like, weather permitting, this will be my best chance to see a flash, having never seen one since the very first orbit of the very first Starshine, when we had the Shuttle to guide us. On a separate note to Tom (and any other new Starshine program participants), who wrote... >From: "Tom Wagner" <sciteach1950@home.com> > >My school just received a mirror polishing kit from Starshine. It came a lot >sooner than what I expected! I am excited about it. So far I've been reading >the instructions very carefully, making sure everything goes smoothly as we >polish the mirrors--no pun intended. > >Some of the students are raring to go, turned on to the idea of having a >part in working on something that will be launched into space. I am >impressed with how simple the method seems to be and how quickly it can take >place. Before, I figured it would take hours and hours but now I see that it >probably wont. > >Iowa Tom >USA (apologies if this is too much off topic - I know that some of you are exceptionally sensitive about such things...) I don't know if they're doing anything different since Starshine I, but if there's any way at all that you can do it, you should collect up a few of your students (and their parents ;-) and truck them down to KSC for the launch. It was an experience that I'll never forget! I think I got more of a kick out of it than my daughter. It was both my first launch as well as my first visit to KSC. We received VIP treatment, bus tours, special presentations, and a pass to the VIP launch observing area. I'll never forget sitting in traffic for two hours for a post dawn launch, watching them turn almost everyone else away, then wave us through to the launch area. Things might be different now than they were then, on account of 9/11 (what a shame), but our bus tour even took us closer to the launch pad (Shuttle, unfueled, already in place), than the other tours were permitted to go. It's impossible to exaggerate what a wonderful experience it was, especially as part of a Starshine group. I've been back since, just as a regular "member of the public", but nothing beats being treated like someone special. The people at NASA, Gil Moore, and all the rest were just incredible. I hope you get to experience it! Best Regards to All, Art Glick Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA 38.067 N , 80.434 W Almost Heaven Overseas HC 67 Box 539 BB Renick WV 24966 Phone 304-497-2610 Fax 304-497-2698 e-mail art@almostheaven.net http://www.almostheaven.net/ ---------------------------------------------- Offering direct sales of Saunas, Steamrooms and the widest selection of Pool, Spa, Sauna and Hot Tub Equipment worldwide. "We're not just overseas anymore" ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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