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by nthpijots
Mon Jan 16, 2017 6:46 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Geostationary Highway through Orion (2017 Jan 16)
Replies: 31
Views: 6025

Re: APOD: Geostationary Highway through Orion (2017 Jan 16)

Didn't Clarke predict that we'd need as many as three geostationary satellites to service the whole planet? True in theory, but we ended up with a few more than that! :-)
by nthpijots
Sun Sep 07, 2014 7:40 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Full Moon Silhouettes (2014 Sep 07)
Replies: 9
Views: 13746

Re: APOD: Full Moon Silhouettes (2014 Sep 07)

I enjoyed the music AND the visuals of the right-way-up (to an antipodean) moonrise! Thank you!