Shuttle & Tank to be visible after launch over Ireland!!

Frank Ryan · Post by **Frank Ryan** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:15 am

Awesome! The Shuttle & External Tank will be visible passing over Ireland 20 min after launch next Friday!
You HAVE GOT to see this... It was really something special to see it last year...
It's set to launch at Kennedy at 8:47pm - so aprox 20min after that it'll be over us...
Can't wait for this!!!!!!

Here's the Heavens Above chart for the ISS on the night:
http://www.heavens-above.com/PassDetail ... 2.85645375

Frank Ryan · Post by **Frank Ryan** » Sun Apr 24, 2011 10:23 am

Roy, we really need to alert the media about this,
also, do we fancy observing it together
as a club?

Roy Stewart · Post by **Roy Stewart** » Sun Apr 24, 2011 2:32 pm

Ok.......... I'm on it

I'll get it into John
the Editor of the Limerick Post

As for a club session for this,
thats a great idea, get Dave to
send out a club txt..

Cheers Roy

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Sun Apr 24, 2011 7:22 pm

yip, heard about this on Thursday, I have to say that the last time I saw this I was completely blown away by it, this is probabily thee last time we'll ever see something like this as the shuttle fleet is been mothballed.

Roy Stewart · Post by **Roy Stewart** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:13 pm

Got that information into Joanna
from the Limerick Post,
She said she'll get it onto
her editor, who apparently
has an interest in Astronomy...

Also got next months meeting
on next weeks paper...
And their gonna run an ad
every month to announce our
monthly meeting..

Cheers Roy

Tom Walsh · Post by **Tom Walsh** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:58 pm

Good Stuff Roy!

Frank Ryan · Post by **Frank Ryan** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:10 pm

launch scrubbed for 48 hrs.
booo

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:09 pm

damn damn damn,