I think it was one of the Skylab astronauts who saw a glint of light racing across Russia. Turns out he was seeing the sun reflecting off the tracks of one of the longest straight stretches of railroad in the world.
Wish I could find my copy of _A House in Space_ to see if that's where I got this.
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Date: 2007-02-09 05:38 pm (UTC)I think it was one of the Skylab astronauts who saw a glint of light racing across Russia. Turns out he was seeing the sun reflecting off the tracks of one of the longest straight stretches of railroad in the world.
Wish I could find my copy of _A House in Space_ to see if that's where I got this.