(meteorobs) Shuttle re-entry as fireball reception experiment

[Dale]

fantastic!!!!
other people can be at risk but not us americans

nice to see that the militarism and materialism so enshrined by this bellicose administration has filtered down to nasa

i apologize in advance for the sarcasm and for wasting some people's money with this off-topic, inappropriate resonse  - i was simply carried away with the implications of thomas dorman's information, if indeed it is accurate

apologies, but best wishes and clear skies
dale
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Thomas Dorman 
  To: Global Meteor Observing Forum 
  Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 4:43 PM
  Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Shuttle re-entry as fireball reception experiment


  Hi.Thomas
  The shuttle reenter will come in over the
  Yucatan,going into a landing at the Cape.There will be
  no more reenters of the U.S because of safety
  concerns.
  Regards
  Thomas Dorman
  Horizon City,Texas

  --- Thomas Ashcraft <72632.1427 at compuserve.com> wrote:

  > 
  > 
  > The space shuttle STS-114  is due to reenter Sunday
  > morning August 7, 2005 
  > 
  > Deorbit Burn   Sunday, Aug. 7      4:44 a.m. EDT 
  > 
  > KSC Landing   Sunday, Aug. 7      5:46 a.m. EDT 
  > 
  > ( Note : the above times could change. )
  > 
  > 
  > As a radio meteor observer in the 1990s I captured
  > some reentries from my
  > observatory in New Mexico.
  > I believe that space shuttle reentries offer a
  > unique opportunity for
  > forward scatter meteor observers in terms of
  > fireball studies.
  > The shuttle is a known quantity of mass, speed,
  > distance, time and
  > altitude, etc. and could be a useful calibrator for
  > radio meteor arrays.
  > 
  > As of Wednesday August 3rd  I am not sure of the
  > coming reentry path.
  > Sometimes the path is over British Columbia , or
  > California, or Mexico.  It
  > varies.  ( If anyone knows possible predicted paths
  > or where to get this
  > info please contact me.  )
  > 
  > I think it is worth being alert to this event as
  > forward scatter
  > observations might be important in many ways. (
  > Needless to say. ) 
  > 
  > You can hear some recordings in stereo of a couple
  > of previous reentries
  > at:
  > 
  >
  http://www.heliotown.com/Radio_Fireball_Observatory_SpaceShuttle_reentries.
  > html
  > 
  > 
  > Thomas Ashcraft
  > Radio Fireball Observatory
  > 35.50 N  105.88 W
  > 
  > 
  > 
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