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Re: BBC story on retro tools for astronauts
From: Don Seltzer
Date: 2026 Sep 4, 15:57 -0400
From: Don Seltzer
Date: 2026 Sep 4, 15:57 -0400
That is odd. I don’t have a subscription.
Does this work for you?
Don
On Fri, Sep 4, 2026 at 3:51 PM NavList Community <NavList@navlist.net> wrote:
Re: BBC story on retro tools for astronauts
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2026 Sep 4, 12:02 -0700Hi Don.
That's behind a paywall. Could you please summarize for those of us who don't have a BBC subscription (and anyone else able to)?
The photo that pops up before the subscribe blocker is familiar. They sent an Astra III B sextant to the International Space Station a few years ago and did some basic trials of star-star sextant angles. Very basic astronaut "make-work" experiments. :)
Frank Reed
