+Star*Hopper Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Serious question. Let's just say I "have connections", and can get a cache placed for me aboard the ISS. I can't for the life of me think of what I'd publish for the coordinates. Any suggestions? ~* Quote Link to comment
+Too Tall John Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 From the guidelines: You as the owner of the cache must visit the site and obtain the coordinates with a GPS. GPS usage is an essential element of geocaching. Therefore, although it is possible to find a cache without a GPS, the option of using accurate GPS coordinates as an integral part of the cache hunt must be demonstrated for all physical cache submissions.Not too sure, but will a GPS even work in the ISS, assuming it was in a stationary location? Not to mention some other limitations: Caches may be quickly archived if we see the following (which is not inclusive):... Caches placed in areas which are highly sensitive to the extra traffic that would be caused by vehicles and humans (examples may include archaeological or historic sites). ... Caches near or on military installations. You better believe that having a geocacher on the ISS would make a big impact on the people there, as there is limited space & resources. Pretty sure it's got enough military hardware on it to qualify as an installation, as well. Quote Link to comment
+Too Tall John Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Actually, if you could get past the rest of it, the coords are easy: a launch pad at Cape Canaveral. Quote Link to comment
+J-Way Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Actually, if you could get past the rest of it, the coords are easy: a launch pad at Cape Canaveral. Or Russia, if NASA every goes through with its threat and retires the shuttle. List the coords as the launch pad and make it a "Mystery/Unknown" or "Multi". The problem is that there's no way it'll ever get published; mere mortals aren't allowed on the ISS, so normal people won't be able to log it as a find. Quote Link to comment
+Lasagna Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Launchpad idea wouldn't work either ... the cache needs to remain in a fixed location. The ISS is not in a geosync orbit, so it would result in the cache constantly changing coordinates. Now ... a travel bug ... you could certainly turn the ISS into a travel bug by suitably affixing an appropriate "tag" to it if you happened to have the necessary connections. Quote Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 I have done work at a company that builds equipment to provide precise space (orbital) location via GPS satellite occultation. Even so, it's a moving cache...no way around that fact! Quote Link to comment
+J-Way Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 After more thought I'll also have to nix the launch-pad coordinate idea. Current guidelines state that the final must be within 2 miles of the listed coords. The ISS is a bit out of range. Quote Link to comment
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