Re: revisiting Apollo

From: Paul Lawler (stargazer_at_kilolaniDOT.net)
Date: 07/19/04 

Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 05:50:34 GMT

"Yoda" <briansterling@rogers.com> wrote in message
news:Z0IKc.1061772$Ar.14452@twister01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...

> NASA to this day is silent on what stars look like from space when seen
> with the naked eye? Why all those brilliant minds at NASA dont, or
> wouldnt or couldnt or maybe they do realize that children would ask such
> dumb questions. But I know, stars cant be seen with the naked eye from
> space, and thus the earth looks as if its just sitting there, revolving
> around ...er..on..er..whatever..just empty space.

Really? How do you define NASA? Certainly astronauts have talked about what
stars look like from space. I recently talked with astronaut/astronomer Ed
Lu about this very subject. You can see hundreds of his photographs from the
ISS on the NASA web site. Here is a link to some of Ed's photographs of
Earth from space, one showing not only the Earth but also the aurora
australis and *gasp* stars.

Oh, and instead of pontificating... why not just DO the experiement I
suggested? Afraid you might be wrong?

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