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Hello Wilfred van Velzen!

** On Sunday 26.12.21 - 17:06, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to August Abolins:

 AA>> FYI, it hasn't made it to ASTRONOMY on 396/45 yet.

 WvV> That's odd, because he is connected to that area on my system, so he got
 WvV> it direct. (And my outbound is empty)

I'm not getting a connection at 396/45 in the last couple days  
either.  :(   When was the last time you connected?


 WvV>>> It's now, a day after launch, almost 240 km from earth.
 WvV>                                        ^^^^^^
 WvV> That should have been: 240K km! :/

Somehow I didn't quite even notice that!


 WvV>>> https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html

 AA>> That's a nice page. It kinda reminds me of the days watching
 AA>> modem uploads/downloads.  :/

 WvV> That also took days? ;-)

So says the fellow who wrote 240 km when he meant 240K km?  ;)

The awkwardness of the english language in translation arises.   
Of course I meant "the days when we could watch an upload/ 
download take  over dialup.  LOL

 AA>> At about 1.5-2mi/sec hope there isn't any teeny tiny
 AA>> debri that can render it useless.

 WvV> There's always that tiny, tiny, tiny risk. But it's
 WvV> already well beyond the "commercial" earth orbits, so
 WvV> that debri wouldn't be human made...

Maybe the odd loose screw or bolt that has sprung loose from  
the myriad of launches over the decades will cross paths with a  
new mission.  But then, maybe the gravity of nearby planets or  
moons could take care of such problems.
--
  ../|ug
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