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Rocket Booster returning Posted: Sat December 24, 2011 07:40 PM UTC
Tonight I saw a Soyoez rocket booster returning to earth.
It was a bright comet-like with a tail burn-up.
Did you ever see a big piece of space junk returning to Earth?
PJ
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Re: Rocket Booster returning Posted: Sun December 25, 2011 10:27 AM UTC
No, but I saw my mother-in-law reverse into a truck once ^_^ and that made a lot of noise. Happy Christmas PJ and Swanet.
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Re: Rocket Booster returning Posted: Sun December 25, 2011 03:16 PM UTC
No. Never saw anything like that.
I barely ever, even, see rain returning to Earth. :-)
Merry Christmas from warm and sunny San Diego!
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Re: Rocket Booster returning Posted: Sun December 25, 2011 03:48 PM UTC
The latest I heard it was the third stage of the Soyoez rocket returning a few hours early. It was expected around midnight, but this was 6.5 hours early.
This was what it looked like:
http://www.omroepbrabant.nl/Graphics/Image.aspx?object=News&type=large&image=Volgens_NASA_zou_het_een_meteoor_zijn_(ANP)_994964.jpg
PJ
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Re: Rocket Booster returning Posted: Sun December 25, 2011 04:09 PM UTC
Are you serious PJ??? That would be pretty neat to see...I wonder what the odds are of witnessing something like this...you've been gifted with a pretty unique Christmas memory I think!
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Re: Rocket Booster returning Posted: Sun December 25, 2011 04:35 PM UTC
Tim zag het ook/ Tim zag het ook (probably together with 100.000 others :)
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Re: Rocket Booster returning Posted: Sun December 25, 2011 05:56 PM UTC
I like to visit the moon, too many things fallen on Earth lately...::)
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Re: Rocket Booster returning Posted: Sun December 25, 2011 06:29 PM UTC
I am serious. We were lucky that it was the New Moon with a dark sky.
I have seen meteors burning up before; this was my first sighting of space junk.
PJ
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