Viewing tip for my Oregonian friends

On the morning of January 15, 2006, at 5:12 a.m. EST (or something like 2 am Left Coast time), you will be able to see a spectacular re-entry of a space probe carrying to earth a little bit of Stardust...

"When the Stardust sample return capsule nose dives back to Earth in January, it will become the fastest human-made object to streak through the atmosphere. Scientists and engineers are at the ready to observe the spectacular sky show—and savvy skywatchers can join in on the aerial action too.
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If all goes to plan, Stardust will release its sample return capsule carrying comet and interstellar dust particles on Jan. 15 at 12:57 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). Four hours later, the capsule will enter Earth's atmosphere, zooming toward Utah and a parachute landing at roughly 5:12 a.m. EST.

During its plummet into Utah, the heat-thwarting capsule will skyrocket across the Western United States"

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/051226_stardust_watch.html

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Farrell

Are the British more forward looking that Americans?

One of my real-world friends, filkerdave, posted a link to a BBC poll about the most missed TV series in England. Here they are:

MOST MISSED TV SERIES
1. Star Trek
2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
3. Friends
4. Fawlty Towers
5. Blake's 7
6. The X-Files
7. Babylon 5
8. Stargate
9. Seinfeld
10. The A-Team
Source: Home Media Networks

A few thoughts...first Stargate is still around here in North America, both SG-1 and Atlantis flavours doing fairly well. But what stuck me most was that the majority of the shows they wanted to see; Star Trek, Blake's 7, X-Files, Babylong 5 and Stargate are all Science Fiction shows. As well, Buffy is Fantasy, and A-Team bordered on SF. That means only two of the shows had no SF or Fantastic elements as their main themes.

URL of the Article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4563814.stm

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