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naughtyhector-2

Re: SID

True it does look that way - much prettier to have Earth close up as a backdrop. But we are talking Tellyfantasyland here where the Laws of Physics and space and time don't work in the same way as the natural world.

Now I don't claim to be an expert in orbital mechanics but...

1. When they launch in SID2 Straker states when in orbit that it is another"7 hours 19 minutes 27 secs" to SID.

2. When they have reached SID you can here a NASA technician say "We have satellite on positive track. Lunar orbit is correct".

I must say though that I do not know how SID could stay in an orbit the same distance as the Moon and on the opposite side.

Regards,
Barry

--- In [hidden email], "Marc Martin" <marc@...> wrote:
>
> > SID is supposed to be in the same orbit as the Moon but on the opposite
> > side of the Earth.
>
> Yes, the UFO writers "bible" says that, but in the series SID is clearly
> in low-earth orbit.
>
> Marc
>

naughtyhector-2

Re: SID

In reply to this post by Lightcudder

There were supposed to be smaller satellites spread around the Moon's orbitlinking SID and Moonbase.

Regards,
Barry

--- In [hidden email], "Lightcudder" <l.oatridge@...> wrote:

>
> It makes some sense to have SID in an opposing (?) Lunar orbit around Earth, but what kind or orbit would it be. Not geostationary, and it would have to orbit the Earth once every 28 days in LEO,
> Is it called geosynchronous?
> I would have thought it would be more practical to have SID orbiting in apolar orbit ( the base of a cone) with the moon 'behind' it at the point of the cone as it were so that SID would be able to 'look out' past the Earth which would be eclipsing Moonbase's sensors. Does that make sense? It'shard to explain on paper!
> I think that practically, there must have been more than one SID althoughthere's no evidence in the episodes.
> LtCdr
>
> --- In [hidden email], "Marc Martin" <marc@> wrote:
> >
> > > SID is supposed to be in the same orbit as the Moon but on the opposite
> > > side of the Earth.
> >
> > Yes, the UFO writers "bible" says that, but in the series SID is clearly
> > in low-earth orbit.
> >
> > Marc
> >
>

richard curzon

Re: new story

In reply to this post by James Gibbon

If you don't want to read it, delete it. That's what I do. Lookat the first line and delete.

Rick

--- On Wed, 31/3/10, James Gibbon <[hidden email]> wrote:

From: James Gibbon <[hidden email]>
Subject: [SHADO] Re: new story
To: [hidden email]
Date: Wednesday, 31 March, 2010, 17:35

On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:30:09 +0000 (GMT)

richard curzon <hammeramicus2002@ yahoo.co. uk> wrote:

> I'm just a lurker, only occasionally posting, buy why are some folks

> takinmg issue hgere with others. Looking down the posts nothing seems

> untoward; nowt wrong with personal details, "homegrown stories" if some

> folks want. This is the kind of thing that gets posters a bad name.

I don't think there's anything wrong with posting news about fan fiction,

but since someone raised the subject, I must admit I do regard some of

the inane chat as noise I could do without. Instant messaging clients

are a better medium for that sort of thing.

James

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