Hello Ward,

On Thursday March 20 2008 20:48, you wrote to me:

 Mv>> If it goes from the west to east after sundown or from east to west
 Mv>> before sunrise, you see it as a bright light that quite suddenly
 Mv>> "turns off" when it enters the earth's shadow.

 WD> Hmmm ... I'm lost here ... IMO the ISS _never_ goes from east to west.

 WD> http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/index.html


You'r right of course. Its course as seen from the ground varies from
SW->NE to NW->SE. Apromimately.

That does not stop anyone from speculating what would happen /if/...

Cheers, Michiel

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