Well obviously cannot see it, but it sounds an awfully short time to cross
the face of the sun, I'd have given it about twice that time, but I suppose
its all down to perspective.
Brian

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"Greg (Strider) Moore" wrote in message
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http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astro...cross_the.html

Nope, it's the OTHER Space Station.

The author has a good point. I had forgotten the Chinese were up there
this month.


I'd say within a decade or less we'll have ISS, a Chinese station and a
Bigelow habitat, all crewed simultaneously at some point.