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Saturday, December 13, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
The rare triple!
Space time: 5:55 p.m. PST (8:55 a.m. Central European Time)
Event: Space station
Attendance: Seven (7), including two (2) newbies.
Once, twice, thrice!
Yes, that's correct gentle space reader, Wednesday's mission was spaceolicious. A rare triple sighting!
The night started slowly, with space club leader Dennis chit chatting away with non-space club member Kerry Young, ignorning his brethren. Time was a ticking toward the rare 4-minute space station sighting.
And what sighting it was!
Club newbies KRand and the new New Guy Rick Hurd were in attendance. Rand looked suspicious while we trekked to the unknown in the darkness. Kept mumbling something about ice cream for dinner...Hurd was talking about his mother.
Tax broke his Uranus early. Although he blames Gotsill. Wait, that sounded funny. I take it back. Carpenter was silent.
Nobody appeared to have stepped on George's leftovers.
Dennis blames "Heavens Above" for making us look in the wrong direction.
Just then, BAM, we spot what we thought was the space station, but turned out to be a Chinese nuclear satellite.
New guy KRand breaks his maiden by spotting the high-flying, very bright space station. Although one wonders why he was looking in the wrong direction to begin with.
A double!
And then another BAM...a Russian spot color satellite appears.
A triple!
Dennis debates the worthiness of the triple. Says it was a double twice over.
Hurd told us about how his mother has a to-scale model of the background of the stars in her garage. Gotsill said she has a damned big garage.
There was no Goo on the door.
Event: Space station
Attendance: Seven (7), including two (2) newbies.
Once, twice, thrice!
Yes, that's correct gentle space reader, Wednesday's mission was spaceolicious. A rare triple sighting!
The night started slowly, with space club leader Dennis chit chatting away with non-space club member Kerry Young, ignorning his brethren. Time was a ticking toward the rare 4-minute space station sighting.
And what sighting it was!
Club newbies KRand and the new New Guy Rick Hurd were in attendance. Rand looked suspicious while we trekked to the unknown in the darkness. Kept mumbling something about ice cream for dinner...Hurd was talking about his mother.
Tax broke his Uranus early. Although he blames Gotsill. Wait, that sounded funny. I take it back. Carpenter was silent.
Nobody appeared to have stepped on George's leftovers.
Dennis blames "Heavens Above" for making us look in the wrong direction.
Just then, BAM, we spot what we thought was the space station, but turned out to be a Chinese nuclear satellite.
New guy KRand breaks his maiden by spotting the high-flying, very bright space station. Although one wonders why he was looking in the wrong direction to begin with.
A double!
And then another BAM...a Russian spot color satellite appears.
A triple!
Dennis debates the worthiness of the triple. Says it was a double twice over.
Hurd told us about how his mother has a to-scale model of the background of the stars in her garage. Gotsill said she has a damned big garage.
There was no Goo on the door.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Dennis' mighty flying space station machine
Space time: 8:04 p.m. PST
Event: Space station
It was a motley crew. Space Club attendance was at near-record levels. Nine viewers, one newbie (chris walker). Walker is the first to spot something ... a possible racoon flying from a bush and into a bush near the basketball hoop. he says not to mess with racoons at night. attendees were left to wonder if he messes with racoons in the daylight hours.
Space club drama: New guy had the gall to show his face at space club after dissing Gotsill and Ellis at dinner.
There were many Uranus jokes.
The sky was crisp and clear, perfect for viewing. As we all looked to the sky, 90 degrees off base, Mike (hubble) Gale spotted the celestial event. Might have been the best viewing of the space station to date. Bright, long-lasting.
We were gooed, but Walker's uber-user status got us in the building.
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Event: Space station
It was a motley crew. Space Club attendance was at near-record levels. Nine viewers, one newbie (chris walker). Walker is the first to spot something ... a possible racoon flying from a bush and into a bush near the basketball hoop. he says not to mess with racoons at night. attendees were left to wonder if he messes with racoons in the daylight hours.
Space club drama: New guy had the gall to show his face at space club after dissing Gotsill and Ellis at dinner.
There were many Uranus jokes.
The sky was crisp and clear, perfect for viewing. As we all looked to the sky, 90 degrees off base, Mike (hubble) Gale spotted the celestial event. Might have been the best viewing of the space station to date. Bright, long-lasting.
We were gooed, but Walker's uber-user status got us in the building.
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
JB saves the day!
Space time: 8:06 p.m. PST
Event: Flare
This mission nearly failed before it took off.
Dennis claimed there was work to be done. New Guy was too blue over his Trojans. Certainly didn't stop Ryan from coaxing Becker into action. With lots of paraphrasing...Dennis: "Come on, JB, Space Club." JB: "Nah, can't tonight." Ryan: "Come on, you're just staring into space anyway!" Ryan granted lifetime membership to Space Club.
Bunch of newsies went along tonight, a few of them newbies.
Didn't look good. Space Club Chairman Pimentel couldn't get his bearings. Finally, semi-newguy Gieson spotted the solar flare. Not bad for a -2. Then out of the blue, JB spots what Ryan and Dennis believe was the space station soaring by in the opposite direction.
A rare double!
We were not gooed.
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Event: Flare
This mission nearly failed before it took off.
Dennis claimed there was work to be done. New Guy was too blue over his Trojans. Certainly didn't stop Ryan from coaxing Becker into action. With lots of paraphrasing...Dennis: "Come on, JB, Space Club." JB: "Nah, can't tonight." Ryan: "Come on, you're just staring into space anyway!" Ryan granted lifetime membership to Space Club.
Bunch of newsies went along tonight, a few of them newbies.
Didn't look good. Space Club Chairman Pimentel couldn't get his bearings. Finally, semi-newguy Gieson spotted the solar flare. Not bad for a -2. Then out of the blue, JB spots what Ryan and Dennis believe was the space station soaring by in the opposite direction.
A rare double!
We were not gooed.
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Sunday, August 17, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Space Club minutes
Star date: Midnight, Aug. 12
Sighting: Perseid meteor shower
Attending: Dave T., Dennis, Mike, Ryan, King George.
Events: This highly anticipated event occurred without a hitch. Well, there was almost a hitch, but more on that later. It was more of a meteor drizzle than a meteor shower, but all present managed to see a few wondrous meteors. They came at the rate of about 1 a minute, sometimes more, sometimes less. They occurred all over the sky so there was a little luck involved in seeing the things. Mike brought refreshments and everyone chipped in on the cost. About midway through the night, CCT security and a friend of security shined a flashlight on the club members. King George leaped into action and went into protection mode. Ryan held KG back from attacking security. Dennis and Dave went over to the security force and peace was achieved. However, the space club will never forget KG and his willingness to throw down for the sake of the club, with no regard for his own personal well-being. Bless you KG. With that, the club saw a few more meteors then eventually called it a night.
Sighting: Perseid meteor shower
Attending: Dave T., Dennis, Mike, Ryan, King George.
Events: This highly anticipated event occurred without a hitch. Well, there was almost a hitch, but more on that later. It was more of a meteor drizzle than a meteor shower, but all present managed to see a few wondrous meteors. They came at the rate of about 1 a minute, sometimes more, sometimes less. They occurred all over the sky so there was a little luck involved in seeing the things. Mike brought refreshments and everyone chipped in on the cost. About midway through the night, CCT security and a friend of security shined a flashlight on the club members. King George leaped into action and went into protection mode. Ryan held KG back from attacking security. Dennis and Dave went over to the security force and peace was achieved. However, the space club will never forget KG and his willingness to throw down for the sake of the club, with no regard for his own personal well-being. Bless you KG. With that, the club saw a few more meteors then eventually called it a night.
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