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mapuc 09-19-11 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Lord_magerius (Post 1752709)
So this is how you all make excuses for not coming out on my birthday :nope: :O:
your friend will join your birthday party, as long it's held some 300 yards below the surface :rotfl2::rotfl2:

Markus

TarJak 09-20-11 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by papa_smurf (Post 1752573)
You think they could aim it for somewhere empty - like Australia:D
Been there done that with Skylab.

Hottentot 09-20-11 01:35 AM
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Originally Posted by magicstix (Post 1752693)
If the chances are 1 in 3,200 of it hitting someone, then TWO MILLION PEOPLE will be hit by satellite debris! OH THE HUMANITY!!!
I sure hope it doesn't hit here: there are only 220,000 people in my home town. :o

Platapus 09-20-11 05:17 AM
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Originally Posted by magicstix (Post 1752693)
If the chances are 1 in 3,200 of it hitting someone, then TWO MILLION PEOPLE will be hit by satellite debris! OH THE HUMANITY!!!

It might be a good idea not to hang around those two million people then. :yep:

Torplexed 09-20-11 07:12 AM
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Originally Posted by TarJak (Post 1752772)
Been there done that with Skylab.

In 1979, after Skylab's impact in the Australian outback, the Shire of Esperance fined the United States $400 for littering, a fine which remained unpaid for 30 years. The fine was finally paid in April 2009, when radio show host Scott Barley of Highway Radio raised the funds from his morning show listeners and paid the fine on behalf of NASA.

Uncle Sam....whudda deadbeat. :D

Reece 09-20-11 08:46 AM
What ever you do use indoor toilets!!:dead:

TarJak 09-21-11 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Torplexed (Post 1752858)
In 1979, after Skylab's impact in the Australian outback, the Shire of Esperance fined the United States $400 for littering, a fine which remained unpaid for 30 years. The fine was finally paid in April 2009, when radio show host Scott Barley of Highway Radio raised the funds from his morning show listeners and paid the fine on behalf of NASA.

Uncle Sam....whudda deadbeat. :D
http://www.naa.gov.au/Images/skylab%...tcm2-26960.jpg
Well it was a big piece of litter!

Penguin 09-21-11 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Betonov (Post 1752444)
Good, it's on the 23rd. I have a picnic on the 22nd so I dont care :D
Quote:
Originally Posted by magicstix (Post 1752693)
If the chances are 1 in 3,200 of it hitting someone, then TWO MILLION PEOPLE will be hit by satellite debris! OH THE HUMANITY!!!
official Slovenian population: 2.053.916

this doesn't look good... :hmmm:

mookiemookie 09-21-11 09:50 AM
I wonder how they came up with the "1 in 3,200" chance. Did they measure the surface area of the debris and the surface area of a human's head, taking into account population densities and etc etc etc. :doh:

geetrue 09-21-11 09:42 PM
They say this thing is as big as a school bus ...

Watch it fall on a school bus :salute:

mookiemookie 09-22-11 10:16 AM
They say North America is safe:

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news...ont-fall-on-us

Oberon 09-22-11 11:29 AM
Nonsense, it always hits America.

August 09-22-11 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by mookiemookie (Post 1753468)
I wonder how they came up with the "1 in 3,200" chance. Did they measure the surface area of the debris and the surface area of a human's head, taking into account population densities and etc etc etc. :doh:
Dunno but from the article:

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In the past, Nicholas Johnson, the head of NASA's Orbital Debris Program Office, has estimated that the chances that any of the UARS debris would hit anybody were 1 in 3,200 — which translates into a 1-in-20 trillion risk for any particular person.

mookiemookie 09-22-11 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by August (Post 1754180)
Dunno but from the article:
I'm wearing a helmet that day. Can never be too sure. :ping:

papa_smurf 09-22-11 01:53 PM
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The US space agency (Nasa) says that its out-of-control climate satellite is expected to crash to Earth sometime on Friday evening (GMT).
There is still much uncertainty over when and where the satellite will re-enter the atmosphere.
Experts say they will get a more precise idea in the last 12 hours before the satellite is due to return.
Thats cutting it a bit fine, better order in a hard hat just in case.

Torplexed 09-22-11 10:00 PM
With Japan's luck lately, it'll likely crash there. Maybe right on top of the Fukushima Nuclear Plant. That'd just cap off their year.

TLAM Strike 09-22-11 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Torplexed (Post 1752858)
In 1979, after Skylab's impact in the Australian outback, the Shire of Esperance fined the United States $400 for littering, a fine which remained unpaid for 30 years. The fine was finally paid in April 2009, when radio show host Scott Barley of Highway Radio raised the funds from his morning show listeners and paid the fine on behalf of NASA.

Uncle Sam....whudda deadbeat. :D
Wonder if they ever fined the Soviets for that moon lander that crashed down under...

Rilder 09-23-11 03:50 AM
Maybe Nasa should use it to threaten the Government?

"All you have to do is give us funding and we'll make sure the satellite doesn't hit you, Obama, infact give us a good funding increase and we'll take care of those pesky conservative candidates, don't worry we'll make sure a piece hits Sarah Palin regardless" :rotfl2:

Oberon 09-23-11 06:39 AM
CIWS full auto time.

Rhodes 09-23-11 10:25 AM
If it falls in Madeira, the hole(budget) may swallow it!


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