I have just recently got an up-to-date enough computer to get an ISP at home. Found an astronomy widget for the Mac dashboard thing. Got home from walking to the store and thought I'd see if I could find out how close the Moon was going to get to Saturn. Noticed the "click here to see where and when ISS and shuttle will be visible" link. Hey, what do you know? It's going over Seattle in 15 minutes (Monday 18th). By the end of 5 minutes I had found "live" (I'm not sure about that actually) video of the astronauts on the ISS and watched in awe 'till the appointed time. 10:14, stepped outside, looked west. Right on que, up from the horizon, under Venus, over the Moon and Saturn and finally down behind the apartments to the South, took about 4 min'. WOW! Tuesday, no dance with the Moon and planets, but Shuttle and ISS had separated and were chasing each other.
Before the internet it would have taken much advance planing to get all the when and where to look info. I'm still amazed at the whole experience. 15 minutes from "see if ISS is visible where you are" to "there it goes".
Come to think of it, the internet is also kind of handy for catching the latest chapter of Liaden adventure.
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Yes that is what the internet is for!
2007-06-23 11:43 (UTC)Before the internet it would have taken much advance planing to get all the when and where to look info. I'm still amazed at the whole experience. 15 minutes from "see if ISS is visible where you are" to "there it goes".
Come to think of it, the internet is also kind of handy for catching the latest chapter of Liaden adventure.
Erik,