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WCDT: 2161-2165 (9-13 April 2012) QC: Back To Earth
Skewbrow:
--- Quote from: DSL on 10 Apr 2012, 12:30 ---Waitaminnit, WAITAMINNIT.
How /why does Hanners spend all night watching something that rotates out of view every 90 minutes or so? Take naps, young lady.
--- End quote ---
Well spotted! Also, after that 90 minutes or so when Earth will be in the middle of the window again, they won't be seeing the same part of the Earth as they did during the previous lap.
One more time: Station is spinning, and the view from the window is in the direction of the axis of rotation. That axis of rotation will not change its direction (relative to the distant stars) unless a massive torque is continuously applied to it. That would be such an obvious waste of energy that they won't do it. Therefore the axis points down towards the Earth at most once per lap. They can see the Earth from the opposite window, when the axis of rotation is pointing directly away from Earth, though. Say, the axis of rotation is pointing towards Alpha Centauri. They will see straight down towards the Earth, when Earth is between the station and Alfa Centauri. They will see Earth from the other side when the station is between the Earth and Alfa Centauri. Both of those occur at a single point in each lap, and that only if Alfa Centauri is in the plane of the orbit. At other points of their orbit they will see parts of the Earth from a corner of one of the windows. You can replace Alpha Centauri with a star of your choice. Most likely a smart choice was made initially and they are sticking to it.
FunkyTuba:
Housing reshuffling has been mined in the past as a source of creative disruption. That said, it seems there's already enough unresolved stuff going back on earth to fill out a good couple of months of QC at least.
iduguphergrave:
--- Quote from: Skewbrow on 10 Apr 2012, 13:36 ---
--- Quote from: DSL on 10 Apr 2012, 12:30 ---Waitaminnit, WAITAMINNIT.
How /why does Hanners spend all night watching something that rotates out of view every 90 minutes or so? Take naps, young lady.
--- End quote ---
Well spotted! Also, after that 90 minutes or so when Earth will be in the middle of the window again, they won't be seeing the same part of the Earth as they did during the previous lap.
--- End quote ---
Ah well you know sometimes old friends get a little (or a lot) crazy when they see each other again after a long time, though usually it's like cow-tipping or something. I'm sure they talked a lot too and I wouldn't be surprised if Hanners had a bit more to drink.
Redball:
--- Quote from: Skewbrow on 10 Apr 2012, 13:36 ---
--- Quote from: DSL on 10 Apr 2012, 12:30 ---Waitaminnit, WAITAMINNIT.
How /why does Hanners spend all night watching something that rotates out of view every 90 minutes or so? Take naps, young lady.
--- End quote ---
Well spotted! Also, after that 90 minutes or so when Earth will be in the middle of the window again, they won't be seeing the same part of the Earth as they did during the previous lap.
--- End quote ---
Well that's easy! When the weather system was out of sight, Station simply projected it on the window. From what sources? I dunno. Other Stations!
pwhodges:
From the killer satellites that were Hanners's friends, perhaps...
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