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ISS?
by Chuck Hards 12 Sep '04

12 Sep '04

I just saw what had to be the ISS pass nearly overhead, wsw to ene, at least mag. -9 ish. Either that, or one really well-lit high altitude jet. About 8:26 MDT. Patrick? _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Shop for Back-to-School deals on Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com/backtoschool

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] ISS?
by Jim Cobb 11 Sep '04

11 Sep '04

Yep, that could have been the ISS (mag -.9, not -9) Check forecast on heavens-above: http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.asp?lat=40.761&lng=-111.890&alt=13… Jim ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 19:32:40 -0700 (PDT) >From: Chuck Hards <chuckhards(a)yahoo.com> >Subject: [Utah-astronomy] ISS? >To: Utah-Astro <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> > >I just saw what had to be the ISS pass nearly >overhead, wsw to ene, at least mag. -9 ish. > >Either that, or one really well-lit high altitude jet. > >About 8:26 MDT. > >Patrick? > > > > > >_______________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Shop for Back-to-School deals on Yahoo! Shopping. >http://shopping.yahoo.com/backtoschool > >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com -------- Jim Cobb james(a)cobb.name

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bowling
by steve.nielsen＠comcast.net 10 Sep '04

10 Sep '04

Kim: I'm up for a day of adventure. Steve -------------- Original message -------------- > The idea behind the bowling ball "experiment" has been lost in all the jokes > about it - not that I mind. Genesis demonstrated that an object traveling at > terminal velocity is likely to remain visible on the surface, even in soft > soils. The question I/we had was what an impact would look like at the Salt > Flats. Would a meteor at terminal velocity penetrate the crust, dent it or even > just bounce? Knowing the answer would have given a few more parameters for a > serious hunt for meteorites on the Salt Flats, something I would still like to > do again. So, is anyone interested in a day trip to the Salt Flats before autumn > rains begin to cover the surface? We should have a window of three or four more > weeks. I'm thinking maybe September 25th. The plan would be to rendezvous early > in the morning and return late. We could end the day with dinner in Wendover. > The more of us there are hunting, the greater the chances are of finding > anything. Who knows, we might find a chunk of Mars and sell it for big $$$. (The > odds are probably better than playing the slots.) Y'all let me know. > > Kim Hyatt Architect > 1849 East 1300 South > Salt Lake City, Utah 84108 > 801.631.5228 > kimharch(a)msn.com > > serius est quam cogitas > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Siegfried Jachmann > To: > utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 9:47 PM > Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Genesis > > > Make that... > > I guess this means we don't need to drop a bowling ball anymore. > > > Siegfried > > _______________________________________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy> an.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy> > Visit the Photo Gallery: > http://www.utahastronomy.com > _______________________________________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Bowling
by Dale Hooper 10 Sep '04

10 Sep '04

Wayne, Be sure to look me up when you move up here to "God's country" (aka Cache Valley). We can certainly use more good dedicated amateur astronomers up here. Clear skies, Dale. (Hyde Park) > -----Original Message----- > From: Wayne Reese [mailto:waynereese@qwest.net] > Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 8:31 AM > To: 'Utah Astronomy' > Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Bowling > > > I would like to participate, but we are moving from Salina to Cache > Valley and will probably be trying to find a home or preparing our > Salina home to sell. But in the future I would like in. > > Are there places to rent metal detectors in SLC? I understand that is > the quickest way to find meteor material. > > Wayne >

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Genesis
by Siegfried Jachmann 10 Sep '04

10 Sep '04

Make that... I guess this means we don't need to drop a bowling ball anymore. Siegfried

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Wolf Creek?
by Michael Carnes 09 Sep '04

09 Sep '04

Anybody going up to Wolf Creek tomorrow night? The weather projections (if you believe them) have been improving over the last few days. Michael

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Genesis Excavation Begins
by Jim Gibson 09 Sep '04

09 Sep '04

I just looked at a live video feed form the Genesis landing site and there are about 8 guys standing around it appearing to be trying to figure out how to get it out of the ground as delicately as possible. It is about ½ berried. It touched down about a ½ mile form a commonly used dirt road. The road is burmed up because it is hard to get vehicles out in that area because the mud is soft out there. JG --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now.

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Genesis Crash Video
by Paul Witte 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

http://helix.ksl.com/video/ksl/1/193/19332.ram

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Genesis
by Siegfried Jachmann 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

I guess this means we don't need to drop a bowling anymore. Siegfried

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Bowling ball drop.
by Dale Hooper 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

As you may have heard in the press conference, they had a requirement to get the sample section into the clean room w/in 2hrs of reentry. They had some kind of gas onboard to nominally retain positive pressure for that length of time. The project lead said that obviously that requirement has now been waved. It does sound like they will have to deal with contaminated samples - but they currently can't tell how bad the contamination is. They seemed to indicate that it will be somewhere between 3 to 8 hours before they will have things in the clean room. > -----Original Message----- > From: Chuck Hards [mailto:chuckhards@yahoo.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 12:44 PM > To: Utah Astronomy > Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Bowling ball drop. > > > Dale, if the sample section has been breached, won't > the samples become contanimated or scattered, and thus > valueless? Is the clock ticking here? Is some > engineer going to have to brave the unfired pyros, don > a bombsquad suit, and start digging? > > > --- Dale Hooper <Dale.Hooper(a)sdl.usu.edu> wrote: > > > The images provided by the helicopter > > seemed to show that the heat shield had separated > > and the sample section had opened - upon impact. > > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now. > http://messenger.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com > >

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