Thanks for the link Patrick. My wife won't let me go to Wells, so I guess I will stay home and watch it on T.V. Guy Quoting Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net>:
When I first saw the NASA release on the reenty I thought about heading west to see it. But since even Wendover is so near the end of the track I suspected it might not be visible. So I emailed a contact on the project who said that it would not be visible from the ground anywhere along the track.
There was no mention of seeing Genesis from the ground during today's Genesis news conference on NASA TV.
And speaking of today's new conference (which was held at Dugway) I was surprised to see only one local reporter in the audience. The networks were there and BBC was there but only one local. I guess if I'd read Joe's post before watching the conference I would not have been so surprised.
As for me, I plan on watching NASA TV's coverage tomorrow rather than drive to Nevada. Here's the schedule (from http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html ) for tomorrow (Wednesday) using MDT:
9:00 a.m. - Genesis Capture and Return Coverage - Dugway/JPL 1:30 p.m. - Genesis Post Capture and Return Press Conference - Dugway/JPL 2:30 p.m. - Live Interviews on Genesis Mission
Patrick
Chuck Hards wrote:
With apologies to Joe (I haven't read the Desnews pieces on this yet);
We are at the absolute end of the track, and it is a very small capsule...I think this will appear more like an average meteor than a "fireball" (prepare to be underwhelmed) and from Utah I think very little or nothing neat will be seen. The fireworks will be all over long before it's over Utah.
I also understand NASA not wanting people around when this thing re-enters, probably a big reason that capture is in restricted airspace.
--- Kim Hyatt <kimharch@msn.com> wrote:
I'm interested in a desert trek to see the incoming fireball, if it can be seen from perhaps near the border. Is anyone else making such plans?t
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