View Single Post
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 04-April-2008, 09:50 PM
Jeff Root Jeff Root is offline
Order of Kilopi
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Minneapolis
Posts: 6,182
Default

Passing slowly across the sky sounds like it was a re-entering spacecraft or
rocket stage. Because of the large number of satellites in geosynchronous
orbit, re-entries of boosters are more common than in higher lattitudes.

-- Jeff, in Minneapolis
__________________
http://www.FreeMars.org/jeff/

"I find astronomy very interesting, but I wouldn't if I thought we
were just going to sit here and look." -- "Van Rijn"

"The other planets? Well, they just happen to be there, but the
point of rockets is to explore them!" -- Kai Yeves
Reply With Quote