- yKChia
Mir , Fiji , Tonga , Wellington, Museum Hotel Palmerston North, Massey U, Nelson,
Watec 902H, Video Walkman, varaible star,
ASF streaming video - Hear - See -Watch
** 'One-shot deal no 2nd trial..' say Rick Citron. ( June 10 01) added
* Flight plan discussion
* March 24 - Front Seat View to the Mir pyro display IS NOT 29,000 ft in the air but right outside the Hotel I was at. At that time we were 2,000 km from here, trying to catch the passing debris but ...
* March 31 - fragments seen over FIJI are thought to be solar panels and batteries, not the main modules, so who had seen the module destruction...
* Mir broke up much earlier than predicted. At least seven pieces ( the ids of these pieces were not known but presumbly follow the general configuration of the module in sequence?) were seen from Sheraton Fiji Resort afternoon sky by the general public and the press people. The breakups streaming across the sky, like jets flying in 'formation' with debris trails much to the astonishment of the awaiting media camp-out here. The Russians visit and the Prime Minister welcoming visit and his successful view of Mir passage a few days earl;ier on the sandy beach nearby certainly had attracted a lot of media attention. In the end , Josh Citron - a 14 yrs onboard on e of the two chartered aircrafts managed to capture the larger piece debris with a US$500 video camera. There were NO visual contacts on the other larger aircraft - 600 km+ from Tongo. I was on the larger 'No SHOW' aircraft. Notheless it was a wonderful experience - the team work, the excitement, publicity and probably a glimpse of the 'frantic'-world of press reporting. [ ykChia updated and revised 3/26 NZ Wellington using their JetStream internet connection. Cool]
-3/24/2001 Bye-bye Fiji & Tonga
-3/26 2nd day stay in Windy City, Wellington
-3/27 Palmeston North - Massey U / Square
-3/28-30 Nelson - star gazing with Albert Jones
-3/30 I am back. Greeted by Singapore infamous weather - heavy downpour, a sharp contrast to Nelson blue sky and a possible Southern Light display the day I left - Damn!
#1 Detail trip reporting - of special interest is debris fragment Identification and what Went Wrong?
* No answer.
#2 Planning for the CENTURY'S BIGGEST meteor shower storm November 2001. At least this event is reasonably 'predictable' and more 'risk-free'.[ After a great success of 1999 Jordan's Leonids Storm, this time whole sky video taping will be attempted.]
- Final version of this travel report
Looking back ...
Indeed it was fun to do uploading news cast from abroad w/o bringing any laptop - despite problems of slow connections and sometimes no connections..
My NEXT for on-line web cast will be for the Leonid Meteor Stormy Night Watch November 2001 somewhere in the East Asia.
Thanks for you visit - yKChia April 30 2001 If you have any comments etc pls contact me.
* KEEP Looking UP !