Spot the Space Station

Hangin10 writes "According to Space.com, it's now the best time to see the space station orbit our globe. Wouldn't hurt to look! :)"

Shouldn't be hard to spot..

[LouCifer]

..it'll be the object engulfed in flames as it re-enters the atmosphere.

The best time to view the space station...

[Syncdata]

...is when you're trying to take a long exposure of the night sky. Sure enough, there's that tell-tale streak.

City dwellers don't see the ISS often, but go out to a good dark spot suitable for really examining heavenly objects, and you will realize just how many sattelites/orbiting objects are really up there, and how obvious they are.

I must admit, it was novel the first couple of times. At this point however, I'm beginning to advocate bases on the moon.

Yeah, right... a "space station" phhhhtt

[Anonymous Coward]

hahahah April fools again, eh? Slashdot?
I watch TV too and yes, on Enterprise I see a imaginary world where manmade "ships" are traversing space and are in orbit around the earth.

However, I know that TV is fictional.

Hello? Earth to editors: There are no "Space Stations" And even if there were, how would it "orbit" around the earth, which is, as we all know a flat plate balanced on the back of a tortise. The damn turtle would eat it!
I don't know how this one slipped by the usually brilliant slashdot editors. I think this one also fooled other worthy news sources such as Fox, MSNBC, and The Onion.

TDz.

Chance of a lifetime

[JayBees]

Most importantly folks, this is a fantastic opportunity to go outside and yell "That's no moon! It's a space station!" at people who pass you on the street.

That's not a moon...

[Abraxis]

It's a space station!