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"There is much pleasure in useless knowledge." — Bertrand Russell
May 19, 2010 | Astronomy, Space | By: Mark VandeWettering
I’m Mark VandeWettering, former senior technical director for Pixar Animation Studios, and (for the moment I’m a husband and father and grandfather. I like telescope making, radio, and all sorts of other things.
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Comment from Alan Yates
Time 5/19/2010 at 5:48 pm
Thanks for linking this Mark. Gave me something to figure out on my commute – I used the image to estimate the size of the ISS and STS based on the solar diameter and distance. My figures are pretty close, within a couple of metres of the figures Wikipedia specifies for the ISS and STS.