I agree with Rob Matson that the *laserbeam* possibly was a waterdump. Several years ago I watched a shuttle pass and saw a waterdump. At first I took it for an airplanes contrail, but it moved along with the shuttle. It was good visible in my 7x35 binoculars and also to the naked eye. Greetings, ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: Leo Barhorst Alkmaar (Neth) 52 deg 38 min N 4 deg 47 min E 2 m ASL E-mail: leobarhorst@pi.net also a member of Seesat-L ------------------------------------------------------------------------