dcormier
Joined 18 years ago
Joined 18 years ago
It just occurred to me that it may be because I have my phone ringer set to silent. That is indeed what caused it, which is not great as I don't want notifications to be making noise.
It also felt slightly too zoomed in (I even attempted to zoom out using my fingers).
People complain about all kinds of change. That doesn't make the change wrong or mean that it shouldn't be done.
I don't know about DoD operating their own shuttles with their own crews, but my understanding was that part of the pitch that got Shuttle approved was that they could do polar launches from Vandenberg to deploy Earth observation (read: spy) satellites. Or match the orbit of, observe, and even capture satellites belonging to other countries in polar orbits. It helped get DoD's backing for the program.
Being able to launch from Vandenberg as well as Cape Canaveral opens up more orbital options.
https://www.americaspace.com/2018/12/09/dying-all-tensed-up-...
Now for your phones.
[1] https://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh17/h...
[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20110724214814/http://www.aarcli...