Re: Mission Map question

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From: Bev Freed
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1991 18:49

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 > From: edotto@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Ed Otto)
 > Message-ID: <1991Jun13.182351.17385@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>

 > Nope.  The indicate the part of orbit where the shuttle
 > is OUT OF DIRECT SUNLIGHT.
 
 >
 > Orbital night is when the crew sleeps.  NOT the same thing.
 
Sorry...but I don't think so.  The crew can sleep in shifts which means it would be orbital night all the time!   Too many times, I've heard the NASA commentator claim: "<orbiter name> is just now crossing the terminator, moving into orbital night."  Yes, indeed, that applies to the orbiter being out of direct sunlight -- but it's not a reference to sleep periods or sleep shifts.  I've covered too many missions to know that one ain't right.  I know the brackets define the terminators for passage into and o







ut of direct sunlight.  I was just concerned that I might have gotten the definitions backwards.

 


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