On Sun, 01 Dec 2013, Roger Nelson wrote to mark lewis:   
      
      
    RN>> Apparently someone jumped the gun and it had to be the same    
    RN>> person who said "The sky is falling!".  I think it was because it    
    RN>> was on the far side where it could not be seen.   
      
    ml> with the numbers of birds looking at and for it, there really    
    ml> wasn't any chance for it to be on the "far side" ;)   
      
    RN> You seem to be contradicting yourself here.   
      
   i do? three birds sitting at 33% spacing around the orbit can easily see all   
   the way around the sun... i don't know how my comment above is contradictory...   
      
    ml> look at page 2 of this pdf and you'll see that three satellites at    
    ml> 1/3rd positions easily cover the whole viewing area ;)   
      
    ml> http://www.isoncampaign.org/files/docs/wkshop/battams_soho_stereo.pdf   
      
    ml> it is only 16 pages and pretty informative...   
      
    ml> also, there's this link with several good blog writeups...   
      
    ml> http://www.isoncampaign.org/   
      
    ml> In ISON's Wake, a Trail of Questions ->    
    ml> http://www.isoncampaign.org/karl/a-trail-of-questions   
      
    RN> Thanks for the links.   
      
   you are welcome ;)   
      
    RN> I'll have a look, but since they didn't come from NASA, they can't    
    RN> be counted as authentic.   
      
   errrmmm... NASA isn't the finaly authority on comments ;)   
      
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