Re: New Sputnik Documentary
- From: "Danny Deger" <dannydeger@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:31:22 -0600
"Jim Oberg" <joberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Don't forget that it was not possible to make sightings predictions with
any accuracy,
since even the nodal regression rate was unknown until actually observed
and measured.
By November, though, predictions for Sputnik-2 were close enough to make
it worth
going out and looking -- plus it had the advantage of flashing slowly as
the booster
tumbled, so you couldn't easily confuse it with an airplane. I saw it at
least once.
You don't look old enough. You must have been a little feller when you did
this.
Danny Deger
.
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