[amsat-bb] Re: No, Clint's Not Drinking ...

[Jeff Moore]

I think a more important question would be:

Q.  Will the astronauts on the ISS get hit by the Geminid Meteor Shower???

Jeff Moore  --  KE7ACY
CN94 - raining

----- Original Message ----- From: "Clint Bradford" <clintbradford at mac.com>

Q. Can the ISS astronauts see tonight's Geminid meteor shower?

NASA: Yes - but they are orbiting at 250 miles above the Earth, and the 
meteors are at about 47 miles. So the astronauts on the ISS would have to 
look DOWN towards the Earth to see the meteor shower instead of up.

I'm going to bed now ... (grin)

Clint, K6LCS
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