shiat.

"Wayne, I think we've established that "Ka Ka" and "Tukki Tukki" don't work"

Sliding Carp: [www.cinemorgue.com image 213x160]

shiat.

Thank goodness this was first. It's the way space junk threads are meant to be.

/Love that show

FTA: And any ROSAT debris, no matter where it's found, belongs to the German government, he said.

Thanks for letting me know who to sue!

Elmo Jones: FTA: And any ROSAT debris, no matter where it's found, belongs to the German government, he said.

Thanks for letting me know who to sue!

Oh hey look- an American.

Elmo Jones: Thanks for letting me know whom to sue!

FTFY.

Meteor shiat!

"Wernher von Braun" by Tom Lehrer (1965)

Gather round while I sing you of Wernher von Braun,
A man whose allegiance
Is ruled by expedience.
Call him a Nazi, he won't even frown.
"Ha, Nazi Schmazi," says Wernher von Braun.

Don't say that he's hypocritical,
Say rather that he's apolitical.

"Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down?
That's not my department," says Wernher von Braun.

Some have harsh words for this man of renown,
But some think our attitude
Should be one of gratitude,
Like the widows and cripples in old London town
Who owe their large pensions to Wernher von Braun.

You too may be a big hero,
Once you've learned to count backwards to zero.
"In German oder English I know how to count down,
Und I'm learning Chinese," says Wernher von Braun.

stolen from: http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Wernher-von-Braun-lyrics-Tom-Le hrer/B418A910A24AB19948256A7D0025536B

Smidge204: Phil Plait frowns on your shenanigans, Subby.

Bad Addendum: many people think that a meteorite, after it hits the ground, is very hot and glows red. Actually, meteorites found shortly after impact tend to be warm, but not hot at all!^

=Smidge=

That's great for meteorites n' all, but what about satellites? Surely they, made of metal, passing through the atmosphere won't be cold when they land.

Anyway, why are all these articles accompanied by "don't know where it will land", "can't say with certainty". If they know where it is, where the Earth is, and in which direction it is travelling surely they can have a good stab at it? Maybe they don't want to say because the target area is the size of France, and someone might panic and die in Marseilles when it hits Calais, thus making a prime candidate for suing?

Slaxl: Smidge204: Phil Plait frowns on your shenanigans, Subby.

Bad Addendum: many people think that a meteorite, after it hits the ground, is very hot and glows red. Actually, meteorites found shortly after impact tend to be warm, but not hot at all!^



That's great for meteorites n' all, but what about satellites? Surely they, made of metal, passing through the atmosphere won't be cold when they land.


Most meteorites are made of metal.

"Meh."

Slaxl: If they know where it is, where the Earth is, and in which direction it is travelling surely they can have a good stab at it?

It's a question of aerodynamics, and in particular the not-designed-for-air design of the device. Will it hit the atmosphere, begin to tumble and quickly burn up? Will it catch a bit of air on one side and rip itself in half? Will it catch enough air to actually fall on this orbit or will it just bounce off again?

Add to that the complication of the huge ground speed -- if you miss your guess as to when it's going to fall, even by a single orbit (which might be only a couple of hours), you've now got a potential impact area that encircles the earth. Ramp that single-obrit error up to a more realistic level and you can see how hard it is to pick out the landing zone.

Once the thing actually gets into the atmosphere and they can track it for a couple of minutes to see how it's falling they actually can give a pretty good estimate of where it's going to hit. But that's about 10 minutes before it intercepts the ground, so there's not a lot of warning.

Of course, it could just be a gag.

I think I'll get that big chunk of steel out of the shed this weekend, heat it up with my propane torch, and throw it out on the back patio and see if I can sucker my kids into thinking we got a piece of space debris.

aearra: Werner Von Braun comes back from the grave to try and hit London again. This is worse than a remake of Frankenstein.

Once the rockets go up, who cares where they come down?

Odd Bird: Gig103: Sliding Carp: [www.cinemorgue.com image 213x160]

shiat.

Thank goodness this was first. It's the way space junk threads are meant to be.

/Love that show

What show?

"Dead Like Me"

Spoiler Alert - the picture is the star and protagonist. This scene is the introduction to the show, just as she's saying 'shiat', and just before she gets hit and killed by a toilet seat from a space station in a decayed orbit.

Despite the goofy premise, and some mediocre spots, the show is kick-ass excellent. The followup movie is okay, but not as good as the TV show.

Odd Bird: Sliding Carp: Spoiler Alert - the picture is the star and protagonist. This scene is the introduction to the show, just as she's saying 'shiat', and just before she gets hit and killed by a toilet seat from a space station in a decayed orbit.

Despite the goofy premise, and some mediocre spots, the show is kick-ass excellent. The followup movie is okay, but not as good as the TV show.

Thanks.
And thanks for the Alert, I went to the show's site and the spoiler was in paragraph 2.

It's not a spoiler, it's the premise of the entire show, sheesh.

Smidge204: Phil Plait frowns on your shenanigans, Subby.

Bad Addendum: many people think that a meteorite, after it hits the ground, is very hot and glows red. Actually, meteorites found shortly after impact tend to be warm, but not hot at all!^

=Smidge=

You beat me to it...

Nadie_AZ: Elmo Jones: FTA: And any ROSAT debris, no matter where it's found, belongs to the German government, he said.

Thanks for letting me know who to sue!

Oh hey look- an American.

lohphat: Elmo Jones: Thanks for letting me know whom to sue!

FTFY.

Thanks for letting me know who can blow me, until I get a better grasp of the language!
/y'all seem to have a lot of time on your hands