Satellite falling to earth soon

This story is pretty funny.

This is a perfect opportunity to test anti sat technology.
Not like the Chinese did a while back-they tested a sat killer without telling anyone-people were ticked.

The fuel tank could be purged in space-unless the sat's really screwed up.


And if you follow any NASA/military space news you'd see that they can predict the exact time a shuttle takes off and lands, when they can hit an asteroid with a probe and the exact time a comet hit Jupiter, but no one knows when a piece of space junk will fall outta the sky?


Where's Chicken Little when you need him?

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Better yet, let it fall on Berkeley, CA!

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Originally Posted by RICHARD

Better yet, let it fall on Berkeley, CA!

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Oh yes, and let it kill all the intellectuals :)

I <3 Berkeley (no, I don't live there).

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Originally Posted by RICHARD

And if you follow any NASA/military space news you'd see that they can predict the exact time a shuttle takes off and lands, when they can hit an asteroid with a probe and the exact time a comet hit Jupiter, but no one knows when a piece of space junk will fall outta the sky?


Where's Chicken Little when you need him?

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Better yet, let it fall on Berkeley, CA!

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I think they have a good idea of where it would come down and that's why they are trying to get rid of it.

Why on earth they sent all that toxic stuff up there in the first place is a mystery to me.

I have nightmares of them waiting until it gets into earth's atmosphere, hitting it and letting the toxic stuff free to kill all of us on the planet. :(

There is a news blurb on Yahoo that says they may try to bring it down tomorrow night. I hope the space shuttle gets home first!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080219/...dead_satellite

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Originally Posted by momoffuzzyfaces

I have nightmares of them waiting until it gets into earth's atmosphere, hitting it and letting the toxic stuff free to kill all of us on the planet. :(

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There's not enough of the hydrazine to kill is all and there is a better chance of winning the lotto than there is of getting hit by space junk.....

Of course, SKYLAB killed an aussie cow- but look at all the debris from the Challenger accident and how many square miles that covered....

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Play the numbers
2 4 5 23 31 45 ;)

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Originally Posted by RICHARD

The fuel tank could be purged in space - unless the sat's really screwed up.

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It IS "screwed up". :(
It can't hear ANY commands from Earth ... it's stone deaf and not under any
Earthly or on-board control.

The satellite "died" shortly after arriving in orbit - main computer died and none of the
on-board support systems (heaters) ever got turned on. It's totally "dead".
The Hazardous Fuel was never used for maneuvering, hence the fuel tank is FULL
and without the heaters, is now frozen solid. "They" feared the frozen fuel tank would survive
the re-entry fall towards earth, and would spread the nasty stuff over the area the
junk came down in. Not phunn if it lands in YOUR back yard! :eek:

Here's hoping the Navy Guys don't *blink* when they squeeze the trigger on
their Go-Get-Um rocket!
That "can" they're shooting at is a Purty Far Piece away!

Ok, I'm confused (more than normal, I mean).
On the news this morning, they said the rocket they will send at the satellite is a heat seeking one. If the satellite is completely dead and everything is frozen, there won't be any heat for it to seek. So what will it go after? :confused:
UFOs? the Sky Lab? Lost birds?

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Originally Posted by momoffuzzyfaces

Ok, I'm confused (more than normal, I mean).
On the news this morning, they said the rocket they will send at the satellite is a heat seeking one. If the satellite is completely dead and everything is frozen, there won't be any heat for it to seek. So what will it go after? :confused:
UFOs? the Sky Lab? Lost birds?

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No No Mario dont even go there with that comment.. Oh & you think the Peepss are going to direct the Heat to the Satellite.. We are telling gini on you Mario.. :D I just hope the thing dont land anywhere..

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Originally Posted by lvpets2002

No No Mario dont even go there with that comment.. Oh & you think the Peepss are going to direct the Heat to the Satellite.. We are telling gini on you Mario.. :D I just hope the thing dont land anywhere..

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Mario, if that thing lands on the bar, we will know who's fault it is!!! ;)

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Originally Posted by momoffuzzyfaces

Ok, I'm confused (more than normal, I mean).

On the news this morning, they said the rocket they will send at the satellite is a heat seeking one.

If the satellite is completely dead and everything is frozen,
there won't be any heat for it to seek. So what will it go after? :confused:
UFOs? the Sky Lab? Lost birds?

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I think the Hi-Flyin Burds are probably safe. ;)

*I* wondered the same thing - "they" say it's DEAD + Frozen + NO Heat ...
and we're sending a HEAT-SEEKING gizmo out to *find* it??? :confused:

Not to worry - "The Boys" thunk of that ... and for a mere several MILLION of our hard-earned
TAX dollars - they "modified" the Go-Get-Ums to look for "something else" other than heat.

They think they'll take the First *PLINK* at the Can tonight.

And don't forget - that CAN they're shooting at with a very high-priced B-B Gun,
cost a BILLION or so to put up there in the first place ... and was Dead on Arrival ...
De we get our money back on that?
:rolleyes:

The Standard SM-3 missile has a radar seeker head, not an IR seeker, and uses it's internal seeker only for terminal guidance.

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Originally Posted by Lady's Human

The Standard SM-3 missile has a radar seeker head, not an IR seeker, and uses it's internal seeker only for terminal guidance.

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Let's all hope the government is better at making missiles than they apparently are at making satellites! ;)

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Originally Posted by momoffuzzyfaces

Let's all hope the government is better at making missiles than they apparently are at making satellites! ;)

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Oh great now you are making me feel warm & fuzzy.. Knowing our luck this guy will be in control..
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...ets2002/10.gif

**PLINK**

:)
The Navy Boys say they GOT IT tonight! >>>

Missile strikes dead satellite, Pentagon says.



Navy won't know until later if tank holding toxic material was destroyed.

:D

Ya gotta think that shooting off a moving boat ain't that big a deal for those Navy boys.


I heard that the hydrazine contamination would spread over an area of about 2 football fields, if it lands on earth.

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When I was a kid and up until a few years ago, the military/NASA would shoot off satellites from Vandenberg AFB up the coast. They would shoot them off at sunset and they were the prettiest thing you ever saw.

A line like an airplane contrail would appear. When the booster stage would get jettisoned the exhaust would spread out like an neon jellyfish. THe trail would disperse and turn into a silver/gold plume that would stay until the sun went down.

http://search.live.com/images/result...F3399peg-1.gif

http://home.znet.com/schester/fallbr...l_picture.html


Even better!