Hi Bob/Ed/Paul & folks: During the debriefing the next morning. Apparently the Russian intentionally keep the 3rd burn longer or " used up all the fuel onboard" with the objective of minimising the debris/splash down footprint. Why and how this came about and why we did not had this inputs was still a puzzle. According the them everything runs as clockwork. Onboard the aircraft were satellite phones and we had confirmation of first and 2nd burn.. & perhaps the 3rd burn. While we missed the action, still this had been a wonderful experience. Once back at hotel I had a hotel worker walked up to me and ssaid she told me she recognise me from the news foto. She and many others were waiting outside for the Mir to cross the sky. So at least theFijian population had seen it. I also happened to know other source indicating a Sun Air pilot on a beach aircraft saw Mir beginning to break up while his plane was in Nadi air space. Oh Boy, the reactions from the NO SHOW aircraft was really something .. I will tell you folks when I get back to Singapore and start a INSIDE STORY.. rgds ykchia Wellington( Windy City), New Zealand ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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