[miraage]

Something in an eliptical geosynchronous orbit doesn't stay in exactly the same spot relative to Earth, but rather appears to slowly oscilate backwards and forwards. When the satellite/station/whatever is at it's lowest point (the perigee) it's travelling faster than at it's highest point (agogee). I think.

If a geosynchronous orbit is circular and equatorial, then it's called a geostationary orbit, and the object stays in a fixed position relative to the Earth.

[retired_jshendel]

Was at work when ut landed, but kept checking on my phone and was pleased to see it lansded safely.

Bring on December for STS-116

[retired_jshendel]

Nasa to decide next month whether to do the Hubble mission

[retired_jshendel]

Great landing. Still amazes me how a shuttle can launch, be lived in for 2 weeks and land safely. Amazing peice of machinery. Never get bored of seeing a takeoff and landing

[retired_jshendel]

Probably the last lot of pics from STS-115, so there good ens

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/1...n_06pd2184.jpg

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/1...-052_hires.jpg

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/1...-051_hires.jpg

[retired_jshendel]

Mate told me about this, its weird

Never knew about this guy :o

[retired_gitfresh]

Watched that last night but didnt reply at the time.

That is ffb. I'd never heard of it either.

Decent Wiki article - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kittinger

I'm just going to look to see if there is any footage on the net on this journey all the way down.

[retired_gitfresh]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MkB6NkQscI

[retired_jshendel]

:cool:

Funny thing is ive heard of his name before somewhere, but never knew he did that jump

[retired_gitfresh]

Oh it seems that video i posted is edited into someone surfing at the end.:thdn:

There is a 23min silent video on Google Vid but it seems its just him getting strapped into his suit.

Cant find anything else atm