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Did you hear the falling satellite's path is across the US?

Sep 24, 2011 1:55 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/23/us/us-nasa-satellite/index.html?eref=rss_us&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_us+%28RSS%3A+U.S.%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

sskarstad sskarstad

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Love the tags on this question!

When I first glanced at the headline I thought it was saying NASA was a potential target!

cindihoward cindihoward
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Might I suggest wearing a hat? I've got my tinfoil cap (complete with wings) ready to go!

lavikinga lavikinga
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Yep. Unfortunately, Congress won't be in session at the time, so even an extremely serendipitous impact won't do much to solve the country's problems.

baqui63 baqui63
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@baqui63: There's always the Whitehouse... >:)

capguncowboy capguncowboy
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+1 for the tags! I think it would be awesome if the satellite fell on whatever agency put it up there. We really need to stop littering in our orbit.

thumperchick thumperchick
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I like the fact that the Skylab incident got a $400 fine... For littering! Apparently that junk belongs in the recycling. If you want to see where it is and projected to be Wolfram Alpha updates info on it every 6hrs or so. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=UARS+satellite
It won't tell you where it'll land though, obviously...
Edit: Also at the bottom itll tell you if youll be able to see it! If it doesnt know where you are automatically you can add ", from Zip code"

rooopert2002 rooopert2002
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From Wolfram Alpha you can also add to the search term ",in (a future time ie. 1hr)"

rooopert2002 rooopert2002
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@rooopert2002: there was a news article about ownership.
It seems that after skylab and the shuttle accident, a few lawyers and congress critters have determined that any debris that lands belongs to the issuing company at the country of origin.
So, if you hear a thump outside and pick it up, don't put "satellite" in your ebay listing.

gidgaf gidgaf
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Yeah. I found my baseball mitt earlier - I'm gonna catch that summabitch.

Granted, the mitt might not work...but I got my butterfly net for backup.

drchops drchops
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I'm glad my dogs are at the vet. If the satellite lands in my backyard they'll be safe.

Oh wait? What if it lands on the vet's building?

(cheesy Darth Vader yell) "NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"

thetexastwister thetexastwister
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@thumperchick: honestly what is your qualification for making such a statement? littering in our orbit? if you consider how large the earth is, expand it by about .5 times to encompass our planet's gravitational pull, and consider that even if we abandoned 1 million satellites* the size of the state of texas they'd likely not even cover the state of texas*, your comment is absurd and baseless. not to mention space is not an environment we run the risk of "polluting" just by leaving a few hunks of metal out there. everything will be ok. trust me.

* - not scientific
* - not bloody likely
** - pure speculation, but more bloody likely than the above

edit: i'm not sure why that text was italicized, but it looks fancy. thanks woot.

edit2: after noticing the footnote action was italicized i guess it was the asterisks. screw it, i'm sure wooters are smart enough to figure out where they belonged.

pinchecat pinchecat
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@thetexastwister: (cheesy Darth Vader yell) "NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"

I think you meant this: http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/

(that 15 o's) (be careful as some of the other sites with fewer o's have some obnoxious ads)

baqui63 baqui63
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@capguncowboy:

Not looking to get into an argument about this, but the whitehouse isn't the real problem, nor can it do much of anything to fix the real problem.

(Personally, I think all politicans in Washington (DC, not the state) should be limited to a single term. Make it ten years with a five year overlap for senators and something reasonable for the house based on number of representatives, if you think that "political experience" is actually worth something more than the breath it takes to say it. My point is this: with no hope of being re-elected, politicans might actually work for their consituients beyond the midpoint of their first term. But I digress...)

Did anyone else just hear that loud thump outside?

baqui63 baqui63
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to bad it isn't falling on the parasite "israel"

now that would be cool

maura7749 maura7749
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@pinchecat: actually guy, space debris is a very real concern, and there are thoughts that it might render space travel an impossibility in the future:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_Syndrome

That Kessler guy? He's a real live scientist from NASA. The kind qualified to make these kinds of claims, and to have them actually be scientific. In fact, this kind of thing has happened before, just like predicted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_satellite_collision

Now go back to denying global warming. At least then you'll have an entire misguided political party on your side. You've just been SCIENCED, son.

amarmstro amarmstro
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@amarmstro: please mr scientist...remind me why we even need to travel into space

lets talk more about your opinion of global warming once your rooftop closely resembles your woot triangle in a few months

pinchecat pinchecat
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Oh man, I'm out of this discussion... It smells bad from all of the Politics splashed on the walls and floor....

hobbitss hobbitss
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@baqui63: Yeah, that's the one. Thanks for the link.

My dogs lost all respect George Lucas after that.
I lost all respect for Lucas after Episode II. My dogs were still on the fence until that laughable Darth Vader moment in III. Now they will only watch IV, V and VI. And they only watch VI because they want to chase those Ewoks up a tree. Maybe use them as a chew toy.

thetexastwister thetexastwister
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@hobbitss: Sorry about that.

baqui63 baqui63

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