re: Earth from SpaceShipOne

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Raoul — 6/25/2004 3:40:16 PM (archived)

I'm afraid it comes from some kind of fish-eye lens and the Earth seems a lot rounder than it actually is at that altitude (60 km or 100 km); the Earth looks like this picture from Gemini 11 which went more than 10 times higher! (1,200 km)

Raoul

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Earth from SpaceShipOne - SteveS - 6/25/2004 1:36:53 PM
- Good article on SpaceShipOne and space tourism in The Economist - Larry J - 6/25/2004 5:14:25 PM
  - This would be the appropriate place for Govt. intervention - ebnelson - 6/26/2004 7:19:25 PM
  - The cost of reality has a way of ruining fantasies - SteveS - 6/25/2004 5:44:17 PM
    - re: The cost of reality has a way of ruining fantasies - Larry J - 6/25/2004 6:36:55 PM
      - re: The cost of reality has a way of ruining fantasies - Nathan Koren - 6/26/2004 5:41:34 AM
      - Don't forget the lawsuits... - dtb - 6/26/2004 2:20:48 AM
- re: Earth from SpaceShipOne - Primal - 6/25/2004 2:58:37 PM
  - re: Earth from SpaceShipOne - Raoul - 6/25/2004 3:40:16 PM

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