On 8 Jul 2006 12:17:51 -0700, in a place far, far away,
" made the phosphor on
my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

I've been watching the Shuttle (STS-121) in orbit and docked with the
ISS.
The astronauts have begun their space walk and I've noticed that in all
the video and still shots they are showing, there are no stars in the
background.

Why do you suppose that is ??

Well, duhhhh! They're obviously faking it on a movie set. With their
top-secret zero-gravity machine.