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http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/12/27/russians-spacewalk-urthecast-cameras/?intcmp=latestnews

 – Two Russian astronauts outside of the International Space Station are installing cameras that will soon allow anyone, anywhere to see the greatest view in the galaxy: the Earth, lazily spinning against the inky black emptiness of space.

The Friday venture by Oleg Kotov and Sergei Ryazansky is the third spacewalk in a week at the orbiting laboratory. U.S. astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Michael Hopkins performed two on Saturday and Tuesday to remove and replace a faulty cooling pump.

The Russians' tasks on their spacewalk, which is expected last about seven hours, include installing two high-resolution cameras and attending to experiment equipment on the space station's exterior.

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That's rather illogical coming from you Mr. Spock :o

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Once calibrated -- and this could take several months, said Scott Larson, CEO of UrtheCast -- the cameras will start beaming down images. For the first time, ordinary web surfers will see the Earth in space with a delay of only 45 minutes to a couple hours at the most (this accounts for the near-real time nature). 

 

 

This is kinda cool. You can watch the video until it gets over your area, and then you can go outside and flash a flashlight, wait 45 minutes and watch yourself from outer space.   :hurrah:

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Once calibrated -- and this could take several months, said Scott Larson, CEO of UrtheCast -- the cameras will start beaming down images. For the first time, ordinary web surfers will see the Earth in space with a delay of only 45 minutes to a couple hours at the most (this accounts for the near-real time nature). 

 

 

This is kinda cool. You can watch the video until it gets over your area, and then you can go outside and flash a flashlight, wait 45 minutes and watch yourself from outer space.   :hurrah:

 

A flashlight will show up from that far away?

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it will if it's powered by the bunny :thumbsup:

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Blessings Bopeep

    Thats very cool,but.................I wonder what their purpose is for the cameras,certainly not just for our viewing pleasure?-lol

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I'm not sure either what would the reasoning be with camera's being installed up there after the astronauts went back to earth, maybe to watch the shuttle coming and going?...lol

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it will if it's powered by the bunny :thumbsup:

864bfbd3a1cce85caf449f7e23550197.jpgNow why didn't I think of that?

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Probably cause your not as retarded as me :red_smile:

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Probably cause your not as retarded as me :red_smile:

Self esteem issues hu?And I don't like the word "retarded".

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Probably cause your not as retarded as me :red_smile:

Self esteem issues hu?And I don't like the word "retarded".

well then you probably don't like me as I am a perfect

match to that word you do not like :D

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