tictech: FW: RESOUR> Rare opportunity to see shuttle reentry in western USA

From: Mark Ahlness (mlahlness@seattleschools.org)
Date: Sat Feb 01 2003 - 20:21:40 PST

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    Hello all,
    Last night (Friday) I read this message from NetHappenings. I wasn't even
    aware a shuttle was coming in for a landing Saturday. For several days I've
    been thinking about sending along a recommendation to tictech for the
    NetHappenings list. So on this sad day, here it is....

    If there are teachers wanting to get the latest and best ed tech
    announcements from the Internet community, they should subscribe to
    NetHappenings. This amazing distribution list is run by Internet veteran
    Gleason Sackmann, who compiles/distills the latest and best announcements of
    projects and activities on the Internet - and sends them out VERY quickly.
    Lots of messages. A little innocuous advertising. I've only just recently
    subscribed. I've been on several lists for many years, but I find myself
    drawn repeatedly to NetHappenings messages. If a teacher wants to subscribe
    to one announcement list, to get the latest and greatest offered to the ed
    community from the Internet, NetHappenings is the one. Subscription info at
    the end. Please pass this on - Mark

    Mark Ahlness
    mlahlness@seattleschools.org
    Arbor Heights Elementary
    www.arborheights.com

    -----Original Message-----
    From: nethappenings-bounce@freelists.org
    [mailto:nethappenings-bounce@freelists.org]On Behalf Of Gleason Sackmann
    Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 7:25 AM
    To: NetHappenings
    Subject: RESOUR> Rare opportunity to see shuttle reentry in western USA

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    Net Happenings - From Educational CyberPlayGround
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    The shuttle is scheduled to be landing at 6:16AM Pacific Time in Florida
    early Saturday Morning, after a reentry that will cross just north of the
    Bay Area of California and then continue eastward before sunrise. The
    Shuttle shoudl be very visible as it reenters (I saw this once before for an
    Edwards landing and it stopped traffic on I-5 it was so dramatic).

    We don't see these on the West Coast very often. This should be visible
    over much of California, Oregon, Nevada and Utah and east at least to the
    edge of the Mountain Time Zone.

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    Shuttle ground tracks are at:
    http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/groundtracs/index.html

    Current shuttle status is at:
    http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/status.html

    One of these sights should have the updated information in case they decide
    to land later, however right now everythign looks good for an early morning
    landing. Flight over the Bay Area (inside the atmosphere during reentry)
    will be at 5:54AM PST Saturday morning (22 minutes before touchdown at
    Kennedy Space Center). You can hear a sonic boom when this happens, over *4
    and half minutes* later.

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    Joseph C. Pistritto
    Belmont, California
    

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