My Close Personal Friend Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer, explains what’s up with the spy satellite that’s been marked for death:
…And courtesy of a couple of pals of mine at NASA, here are two experts from the Goddard Space Flight Center, presenting a CGI animation of the planned interception and a concise but precise explanation of what ground-based observers ought to be able to experience tonight:
…and now I add Bad Astronomy to my regularly scheduled RSS feeds. What a cool video, it really boiled everything down quite nicely, I thought. Phil seems like a cool guy, you have the neatest friends, Mr. I.