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01-26-2008, 06:01 PM
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| | VN's One and Only Duckman
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| Orbital Satellite Quits Working, Could Hit Earth
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WASHINGTON - A large U.S. spy satellite has lost power and propulsion and could hit the Earth in late February or March, government officials said Saturday.
The satellite, which no longer can be controlled, could contain hazardous materials, and it is unknown where on the planet it might come down, they said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the information is classified as secret.
| Defunct spy satellite falling from orbit - Yahoo! News
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01-26-2008, 06:21 PM
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| | Volmeister extraordinaire
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bizarro world
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| Why wouldn't it burn up when entering the atmosphere? | 
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01-26-2008, 07:42 PM
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| | Senior Member
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| It's not a satellite, it's Jimmy Hoffa. That's why it's secret. | |
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01-27-2008, 01:03 AM
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| | Volunteer
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Originally Posted by hmanvolfan  Why wouldn't it burn up when entering the atmosphere? | Depending on where it is orbiting (just how far out), then it might not reach the speeds to be completely burned upon re-entry. Besides, even with a lot of burn up, some can survive. I wonder if we use nuclear-generated heat (as in hot radionucleotides ... not fission) to provide thermal power for some of our satellites? hmm.....  | |
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01-27-2008, 01:41 PM
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| | Proud Individual
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| I can remember all the hysteria over Skylab's re entry and it was 7 times the size of this spy satellite. There were some pretty large pieces that survived the trip.
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01-27-2008, 01:43 PM
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| | 3/15/07-6/2/08
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| Great, we're all going to die
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01-27-2008, 02:46 PM
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| | Future end zone mod
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| Good thing I built that bombshelter. And people called me paranoid.
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01-27-2008, 02:54 PM
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| | Volmeister extraordinaire
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| The sky is falling. | |
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01-27-2008, 03:51 PM
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01-27-2008, 05:38 PM
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| | Just Married!!
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Originally Posted by hmanvolfan The sky is falling. | and rexvol has been saying it for weeks but we all dismissed it | |
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01-27-2008, 09:18 PM
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| | #1 in the hood
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| I had a good friend that used to ah... smoke the ganja.
He said he used to lay down outside and look up at the clouds, but he couldnt stay there long for fear of one these satellites coming down from the sky and crushing him | |
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01-27-2008, 09:20 PM
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| | 3/15/07-6/2/08
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Originally Posted by volsforever27 Good thing I built that bombshelter. And people called me paranoid. | Party at your bombshelter to celebrate disaster
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01-27-2008, 09:35 PM
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| | Future end zone mod
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Originally Posted by TennesseeFan07 Party at your bombshelter to celebrate disaster | Get your own freaking shelter. Kidding, but it's BYOB.
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01-27-2008, 10:17 PM
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