Satellite launch

2005-05-23 Thread Nick Arnett
This isn't about politics, so perhaps nobody cares... ;-) I forgot to mention earlier that I dragged myself out of bed at 3:15 Friday morning to see if I could see a weather satellite launch from Vandenberg AFB, which is about 250 miles south of here. Sure enough, it was visible, an orange

Re: Satellite launch

2005-05-23 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 5/23/2005 9:43:48 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I forgot to mention earlier that I dragged myself out of bed at 3:15 Friday morning to see if I could see a weather satellite launch from Vandenberg AFB, which is about 250 miles south of here

Re: Satellite launch

2005-05-23 Thread Dave Land
On May 23, 2005, at 9:43 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: Not a spectacular sight, but pretty cool knowing what it was. Dave Land was quite a bit closer and also saw it, so he might add his impressions. I got up a few seconds too late to see it from the beginning. I was about 80 miles north of

Re: Satellite launch

2005-05-23 Thread Nick Arnett
On Mon, 23 May 2005 12:57:19 EDT, Medievalbk wrote Was this the same one that Steve had a closer view of? Steve? Nick ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Not Re: Satellite launch

2005-05-23 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:29 PM Monday 5/23/2005, Dave Land wrote: As it was, the weekend was a real bust for Ryan: we drove down to CalArts in Valencia from San Jose (about 7 hours' drive and back) to see his cousin graduate from film school. For a school that has graduated the likes of Tim Burton, Ralph

Re: Not Re: Satellite launch

2005-05-23 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 04:47 PM Monday 5/23/2005, Dave Land wrote: On May 23, 2005, at 1:50 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 12:29 PM Monday 5/23/2005, Dave Land wrote: As it was, the weekend was a real bust for Ryan: we drove down to CalArts in Valencia from San Jose (about 7 hours' drive and back) to see his

Re: Not Re: Satellite launch

2005-05-23 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Remember the comment made in the _MAD Magazine_ satire of (the original) _Star Wars_ wrt C-3PO? No, I don't, and we only got 2 or 3 issues of MAD Magazine per year around that time, and that was one of them. (Dang!) So, would you please be so kind as to refresh

Re: Not Re: Satellite launch

2005-05-23 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 05:33 PM Monday 5/23/2005, Julia Thompson wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Remember the comment made in the _MAD Magazine_ satire of (the original) _Star Wars_ wrt C-3PO? No, I don't, and we only got 2 or 3 issues of MAD Magazine per year around that time, and that was one of them.

Re: Satellite launch

2005-05-23 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:43 AM Monday 5/23/2005, Nick Arnett wrote: My only disappointment is that I wasn't on board. Well, I would have wanted a few other things on board with me. Food, oxygen, etc. When I was a kid, they promised me we'd all have a chance to go into space! And here I am a (unusually

Re: Satellite launch

2005-05-23 Thread Nick Arnett
On Mon, 23 May 2005 18:05:29 -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote Have you read the article I posted about the disappearance of true innovation? I did, but I saw nothing new in it. Nick ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Satellite launch

2005-05-23 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 06:31 PM Monday 5/23/2005, Nick Arnett wrote: On Mon, 23 May 2005 18:05:29 -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote Have you read the article I posted about the disappearance of true innovation? I did, but I saw nothing new in it. Groan. -- Ronn! :)