Satellite could plummet to Earth

[STO4]

A "large" US spy satellite has gone out of control and is expected to crash to Earth some time in late February or March, government sources say.


Link:


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7211443.stm

 

[dingo]

Wheres this one going to fall I wonder .


The agency notes that the largest uncontrolled re-entry by a US space agency (Nasa) craft was Skylab, a 78-tonne abandoned space station that fell from orbit in 1979. Its debris dropped harmlessly into the Indian Ocean and across a remote section of western Australia, the US news agency says.

 

[Pharlap]

I'm surprised they don't give a time frame.....oh boy.:chicken:

 

[dingo]

A time and a place would be helpful Pharlap

 

[Filly]

Gotta go call Tom Cruise. He'll save the day being it's in space and all.

 

[Taximom]

ROFL, Filly.

 

[Pharlap]

Gotta go :laugh:call Tom Cruise. He'll save the day being it's in space and all.

:crazy:

 

[Taximom]

Maybe I can hack into it and aim it at my ex's house.

 

[Marthatex]

Will someone just PM me if it seems to be coming toward Texas?

 

[Pharlap]

I can feel this is going to be a runaway thread.........:woohoo:

 

[Marthatex]

I can feel this is going to be a runaway thread.........:woohoo:

I hope we can understand the GRAVITY of the situation.

 

[Taximom]

Heh, maybe the headline should read:
A short WS thread has gone out of control and is expected to crash some time soon, government sources say.

 

[dingo]

Where do all of those hate mongers live..maybe we can steer it their way....why let perfectly good space debris go to waste.

 

[capps]

It's a bird,it's a plane,it's.......THUD!



never mind.

 

[dingo]

LOL Capps......that just cracked me up

 

[deanws]

Maybe I can hack into it and aim it at my ex's house.

No fair. He is ALREADY your ex. I am still trying to get rid of mine...so I SHOULD have first dibs on it!
:bang:

 

[deanws]

I hope we can understand the GRAVITY of the situation.

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: Good one Martha!

 

[deanws]

I can feel this is going to be a runaway thread.........:woohoo:

I love runaway threads. It is amazing how far off topic we can manage to get.:crazy:

 

[Pharlap]

I love runaway threads. It is amazing how far off topic we can manage to get.:crazy:

What topic, huh:woohoo::woohoo::waitasec:

SPLAT

 

[Texana]

D***, we're remodeling our kitchen, the odds of having it destroyed just went up astronomically. No pun intended, of course.

Hey, what goes in space, should stay in space.