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02-20-2008, 09:19 PM
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02-20-2008, 09:31 PM
|  | Musical Anarchist | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sutton, MA | | Yup! They get to pick one of the stuffed animals from the top shelf.  |
02-20-2008, 09:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Texas | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Freddels  Yup! They get to pick one of the stuffed animals from the top shelf. | Impressive...and they didn't even have to get two out of three or trade up! |
02-20-2008, 10:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: footballscannotbekickediguess | | | I was expecting Satellite to make a 4th quarter comeback like Joe Montana.
Oh well... I guess I'm out money again.
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02-21-2008, 05:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Western PA | | | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, please call your office.
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02-21-2008, 05:21 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norfolk, Virginia | | Those Navy guys sure know their business.  |
02-21-2008, 05:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Houston, Texas | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Diggler Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, please call your office. | Martian Invasion Warlord, please call your office.
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02-21-2008, 05:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sydney | | | propaganda department 1, common sense 0
Anyone heard "The sky is falling and I want my mommy" by Jello Biafra and Nomeansno? |
02-21-2008, 05:54 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Leeds, UK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by mutedeity propaganda department 1, common sense 0 | Propaganda department, please call your office.
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02-21-2008, 06:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Toasted Propaganda department, please call your office. | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRfRLPHk44w
I don't know, it reminds me of that.
What's up with the toxic fuel in it anyways? Ain't it the same as all those other satellites that ended up crashing in the ocean? |
02-21-2008, 06:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norfolk, Virginia | | | Um, I don't know anything about the toxic fuels beyond what the press release says, but you can bet your *** they don't care half as much about the fuel as they do about someone getting their hands on whatever technology they had in that satellite. The satellite was only a couple of years old, it would be a great find for someone. |
02-21-2008, 06:29 AM
|  | Secret Member | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Nashville, TN | | | Probably unnecessary, but great fun nonetheless. A great opportunity to test a new defense system. Plus, we don't have to worry about killing any cows in Austrailia with our dying space junk.
Take that, space!
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02-21-2008, 06:32 AM
| | Secret Member | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Nashville, TN | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Lalabadie |
According to news reports, the concern here was that this satellite failed right after launch, so it still had a full compliment of fuel on board. Most satellites that fall back to earth are much older and, apparently, empty.
Meh, who cares. We blew up something in space. We rock!
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02-21-2008, 06:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Long Island Ny | | | If you have tracked the story from the beginning and look between the lines it is obvious that:
- The satallite was owned by the NRO - So it was a highly classified electronics platform.
- They didn't know where it was going to land, but they knew that some of it would survive reintry. The wrong piece landing in the wrong spot in the world would be bad.
- They shot at the fuel tank and implied that was what was dangerous, but they didn't use a war head. They just ruptured the tank and scattered the contents along with the fuel all over the place.
So what were they probably really going for? To break it up in small enough peices that it would burn up entirely during re-entry. Secrets are still safe.
Plus, China did this a while back and we needed to prove to everyone that we were just as good or better, which of course we are. |
02-21-2008, 06:41 AM
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02-21-2008, 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by 5andFretless Plus, China did this a while back and we needed to prove to everyone that we were just as good or better, which of course we are. | Frankly, I suspect that this is the entire reason behind the whole entire exercise. |
02-21-2008, 06:52 AM
|  | On the TB leaderboard for low talent/gear ratios! | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: NJ | | | Yep, it was probably as much a political statement as it was anything else. Good thing we hit it after going public with the announcement.
I work with engineers and think the work they do is pretty impressive. But this kind of stuff is just amazing.
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02-21-2008, 06:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Edinburgh & Dundee, Scotland | | | They missed the real target, they were really aiming at russia
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02-21-2008, 07:01 AM
|  | Veteran Dispenser | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Newton, Mass | | | Nice job by the Navy and the company that made the missile - Massachusetts-based Raytheon. Props to the missile division based in Arizona, the folks who assembled the missile in Arkansas, and the suppliers of components from around the country.
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02-21-2008, 07:58 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Inland Empire | | I'm damned proud to be an AEGIS platform sailor.
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