[sarex] Re: ISS and meteors

["Greg D." <ko6th_greg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Come to think of it, I wonder what precautions the crew needs to take, considering that THEY are flying through the comet's debris field too?

Greg  KO6TH 

> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:18:33 +0000
> From: andythomasmail@yahoo.co.uk
> To: sarex@AMSAT.Org
> Subject: [sarex]  ISS and meteors
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> I was wondering if the perseids are visble from the ISS, and if so via the live camera on nasa-tv. 
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> I looked at the live cam at around 1400 utc and thought I saw meteor trails flashing in the darkness. I know fixed objects on the iss come in and out of sunshine at strange angles, and at the time I could see the solar array adjusting its angle, but these looked different.
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> anybody any ideas?
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> 73 de andy g0sfj
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