Pond Boss Forums GENERAL QUESTIONS Pond Boss ...break out the tinfoil hats

I missed it last night, but tonight should be another clear night for viewing. The news guys are saying last night and tonight should be our best shot.
ISS and shuttle--night sky viewing guide

:D

On an aside, I fixed a triple coaxial cable assembly last night for my Son, after his sister's puppy chewed through it. He watched me add a layer of aluminum foil over the spliced shielding, then asked "Does that really do anything, or is it like tin foil hats?"

OH MY GOODNESS!

NASA has all but admitted the existence of Aliens!

Open the link that B-ski posted and look in the upper right-hand corner of the page. I'll wait....

Did you see it?!


HUMAN-SPACE-FLIGHT They even abbreviate it (HSF)!

Why did they have to qualify it as Human!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RUN FOR THE HIIIIIIIIILLS

Pretty dang cool. We just stood out on the deck, clear skies(except the horizons), and waited...not really knowing how big, how bright, how fast, etc....only the approx path in the night sky. Is it that?..nah, that's a jet...nah, that's just a star. There it is...I mean...there they are. Very bright, very obvious, moving dang fast across the sky. Seeing one is cool, but both of them is way cool. Two bright stars, well spaced apart, chasing each other across the sky in a majestic arc from one horizon, directly overhead, to the other horizon.

""Does that really do anything, or is it like tin foil hats?""

Theo, ask your son to show a little respect.
With the smog and lights, I'd have a better chance of seeing a shuttle in front of NASA 3/4 mile away here in Clear Lake City, than in the sky.

PS:Does Cecil know about this?

C/Ku band satellite cable by chance? Don't forget that the wire part of that 'shielding' also carries the ground if you had to patch that as well. (For 2 of the 3 at least)

As for tinfoil hats... the voices in my head tell me they work, so I wear mine at all times.

Nintendo Wii Audio + Video

Ah... Nintendo, my older one 'leaked' from the cable like mad, had to wrap the whole thing in tinfoil to avoid screwing up the TV.

30 years ago we wrapped twinax TV leads with aluminum foil to filter out the scrambling signal on the premium channels (tuning the filter by careful placement) so we could watch movies on cable gratis.

Many uses for aluminum foil.