(meteorobs) Shuttle re-entry as fireball reception experiment

[Thomas Dorman]

Hi.Thomas,Dale and All
There is a chance that members of our meteorobs family
from Costa Rica to the Yucatan will be able to
possibly record scatter from the reentry of the
Shuttle.Best I can tell the shuttle well cross central
Amercia and then goes up to the east of these
countries and the Yucatan over the Caribbean, crossing
over Cuba to the Cape.Posted time for landing Aug.8 at
4:12am EST.I believe that would be 10:12UT.Another
chance for a landing about two hours later if first
landing cannot be made because weather or problems
with the shuttle.
Regards
Thomas Dorman
Horizon 


--- Dale <biscayne at snappydsl.net> wrote:

> 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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