20 Mar 08 09:19, Ward Dossche wrote to DAVID WILLIAMS:


 DW>> Another thing... Think of the solar panels on the space station. For
 DW>> good efficiency, they always have to aim at the sun. But if the
 DW>> station were rotating, the panels would have to be on fancy pivots
 DW>> so as to turn to keep facing the sun. They aren't, so they don't, so
 DW>> it isn't.

 WD> It depends how one looks upon it. There's as much logic in it to
 WD> claim that the ISS rotates all the time.

It would appear that it would rotate, if one's vantage point were only
from the earth. From outer space, it would appear not to rotate at all,
always facing the sun.

 WD> And I also think there are plenty of moments when the Sun is shielded
 WD> from the ISS by Earth.

Wouldn't that depend on the inclination of it's orbit? i.g. in a North,
South, North orbit it would always see the sun.

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