On Sun, 7 Apr 2013 20:53:47 -0400 "WILTON" <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
> No, this is not a Sondy Tale. 'Just watched the Space Station go over; > nice high angle nearly directly overhead; beautiful sight - nice and > bright; going a tad fast. ;<) Well, certainly faster than the terrestrial velocities to which we are accustomed, but only as fast as it needs to be going to not fall out of the sky. Looking at it another way, it is constantly falling, but with its horizontal velocity, the amount the earth falls away happens to match how much it is falling, so it doesn't get any closer to the earth. Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
