Satellite falling to earth soon

[Cinder & Smoke]

Britney Spear's house.

Again?

You'd think one already *HIT* there.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

So, the government has decided to try and shoot the thing down. Wasn't there a disaster movie like this only with a meteor?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080214/...dead_satellite

[lizbud]

So, the government has decided to try and shoot the thing down. Wasn't there a disaster movie like this only with a meteor?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080214/...dead_satellite

As soon as I saw this on tonight's news, I thought of you Moff.

I sounds like it's more serious than I first thought. I hope they can safely
shoot it down out there in space.

[RICHARD]

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!

[Giselle]

Better yet, let it fall on Berkeley, CA!

Oh yes, and let it kill all the intellectuals

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

[momoffuzzyfaces]

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!

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

[RICHARD]

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'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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[Cinder & Smoke]

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

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!

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!

[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?
UFOs? the Sky Lab? Lost birds?

[lvpets2002]

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?
UFOs? the Sky Lab? Lost birds?

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.. I just hope the thing dont land anywhere..

[Cinder & Smoke]

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?
UFOs? the Sky Lab? Lost birds?

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???

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?