I've seen similar photos in telescope, astronomy, and ISS groups on Facebook... These groups are pretty interesting overall, too. FB groups also have a really long tail... Don't be surprised if one pops up, "Your photos of the ISS, medium to high detail" or something like that.
I thought it was going to be about people trying to launch themselves into space with home made rockets.
Made me think of the 1970's TV show Salvage 1:
"Harry runs a salvage operation, in which he and his partners reclaim trash and junk and sell it as scrap (or as other things). Harry also has a home-made spaceship which he sometimes uses to reclaim junk satellites."
Saw this guy referenced by Scott Manley the other day. Ralf Vandebergh has apparently imaged the USA 24 spy satellite that purportedly took the (classified?) photo that Trump posted to Twitter.
Anyone could offer some insights on how expensive it is to really do this in one's backyard and where the backyard is best located? I remember joining a astrophotography group a few years ago, and the equipment setup and scouting process could be quite a burden.
I do some astrophotography and the equipment gets very expensive quickly. As far as location goes a dark sky is better but for the ISS clear air is very important.
This reminds me of the spy satellite thing that has been making the rounds lately. If this guy can see a person in LEO from earth, then it's no surprise that the government can see a person on earth from LEO.
I was slightly disappointed when I realized that this isn't an article about building your own rockets in your backyard, but the actual content does make up for it, though.
Haha. I wasn’t disappointed the story wasn’t literally about ‘flight’ into space from the ‘backyard’, (which is insane), so the phrasing didn’t occur to me. Just another example of literary license which could have benefitted from more word-smithing.
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[ 2.2 ms ] story [ 24.6 ms ] threadhttp://www.hobbyspace.com/SatWatching/
http://www.satobs.org/satintro.html
http://www.astrophoto.fr/satellites.html (well known guy)
https://www.n2yo.com/?s=39030
Made me think of the 1970's TV show Salvage 1:
"Harry runs a salvage operation, in which he and his partners reclaim trash and junk and sell it as scrap (or as other things). Harry also has a home-made spaceship which he sometimes uses to reclaim junk satellites."
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078681/
The title in its current form is misleading.
Still, I concur, the title is misleading...
‘Space flight’ from the backyard.
Seen from your back yard: space flight
Etc