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Home Movies Of International Space Station
Thomas the Rhymer writes "A UK amateur astromer has taken home movies of the space station during 3 min possover using nothing more than an 8in reflector and a webcam. The BBC article has a link to the short digitial movie. Resolution somewhat short of a Spielberg movie but not bad. FWIW there is a Brit on board at the moment."
Can someone give stats on how big the final ISS will be? Also, what type of webcam was he using? a 3 chip firewire thing, or a serial port POS? perhaps we can use this as an educational tool, and look at planets as well as the ISS.
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FWIW there is a Brit on board at the moment.
The resolution must not be that bad if you can pick out someone's teeth that clearly...
this is pretty cool, i havn't really been able to see the ISS myslf except as a bright speck, i'm suprised at the resolution of the webcam, my opinion of webcams for the most part was of pretty horrible quality
"Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
http://www.satcom.freeserve.co.uk/docking.htm/a.
Has anyone ever had sex in space? Specifcally zero-g?
Looks like an urban myth. The Straight dope delt with this a while ago.
Reading this article, I know you didn't ask about videos, but I expect to see them show up on Chuck's Weird World any day. hit me. Every industry, bar none, was started by sex. From VCR's to the internet, from bars to printing, from religion to *sound of religious fanatics hitting me over the head*...
Anyway, the first low cost private space travel will come after you can get "Saucy Satelites". Sex will drive the space industry as it has every other industry in history. It's what we are about afterall.
As cool as webcams are, it seems like super 8 was a cut above the best home movies of today.