Hi Folks Due to the Shuttle being in "free flight" (a non-ISS flight), we had good visibility for a chance - a pass at ~21H30 every night for about a week and a half. The weather played along and I managed to go out and "greet" them flying over almost every night. This weekend I was at a remote observatory and on Friday night we all watched it pass over for the final visible pass from here. I actually even said "Goodbye" to them out loud! Being isolated, I only learned about the tragic event driving back on Sunday, when stopping off at a shop and seeing the paper headline. Great was my shock to find that my "Goodbye" suddenly took on a whole different meaning. Sincere condolences to all involved from down South. Willie Willie Koorts Cape Town, Observatory 33d 56' 03"S 18d 28' 36"E GMT + 2h Wellington, South Africa 33d 38' 56"S 19d 00' 52"E GMT + 2h For - Amateur Astronomy - Telescope Making - Satellite Tracking - Visit .... http://www.saao.ac.za/~wpk/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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