[amsat-bb] Re: ISS Views STS-135 Re-entry

[STeve Andre']

On 07/25/11 19:04, Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL wrote:
> At 05:38 PM 7/25/2011 -0400, you wrote:
>> On 07/25/11 14:27, Clint Bradford wrote:
>> > NASA PHOTO -
>> >
>> > http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/573236main_iss028e018218_full.jpg
>> >
>>
>> This doesn't make any sense to me.  It looks like a launch, not a 
>> descent.
>> If the shuttle went down at that angle it would be toast.
>>
>> I think they got their captions wrong?
>>
>> --STeve
>
>
> I thought that too until I took another look at it.  This is a two 
> dimensional view of three dimensional space, so things in the photo 
> might give a different impression than what is described by it.  The 
> decent only looks step because the earth is a sphere and the orbiter's 
> track in this view is away from the ISS.
>
> 73
> KB7ADL
>

I'm struggling to 'get' this.  It's certainly an interesting optical 
illusion, or
whatever this kind of misleading effect is...  Thanks, I'll ponder this!

--STeve Andre'
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