CosmicDave (Percy?)... I see that you are still twisting things to fit your own agendas, such as John Witts statement about the transparency on the window... qoute: 'and as I've mentioned before, the angle of the sunlight streaming into the hatch window makes it impossible for the sun to be backlighting a transparency taped over window'. I thought you guys were mad on this Earth glow theory???

Twisting things? A bit rich, don't you think?

A few years ago I had a car with a flat windscreen. In my wisdom I put spotlamps on the roof. They were far enough forward for the light from the lamps to hit the windscreen at a shallow angle. I thought I'd be OK because none of the light actually came in through the windscreen, ie, they didn't light up the top of the dash or the inside of the car. Now, the first time I tried them, I could no longer see where I was going, because the whole screen lit up in front of me and the glare drowned out the road. I fixed the problem by moving the lamps further back.

We also have a big patio light at the back of our house. When it's on, it shines down the windows on the same walls and you can't see out of them, particularly if they are a little dirty. The previously pitch black sky is now lit up like daytime as the double glazed panes scatter the light.

You don't have to be in a spacecraft heading for the Moon to see these things. They happen at home too.

Perhaps thats what lit up the transparency? or are you just changing your own 'facts' to fit your own theories?

Well, we can never accuse the HB's of letting the facts get in the way of a good theory.