OT Spy Satellite gone wrong . . .

BigAl07 · 02-19-2008, 10:46 AM

This may not be of any interest to you but I think it's amazing! Wish I could watch it first hand.

Navy prepares to shoot down failed satellite - CNN.com

CAVINCA · 02-19-2008, 10:59 AM

yeah this is intresting. me and some of the engineers at work are talking about the warhead they may use. i personally think a non explosive ordinance should be used. some sort of shrapnel warhead. i think itd be much safer and would keep the upper orbits clear of debris. i plan on standing outside watching this... they say 1 drop of this hydrazine fuel Is enough to kill a adult sized male.

BigAl07 · 02-20-2008, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by CAVINCA

yeah this is intresting. me and some of the engineers at work are talking about the warhead they may use. i personally think a non explosive ordinance should be used. some sort of shrapnel warhead. i think itd be much safer and would keep the upper orbits clear of debris. i plan on standing outside watching this... they say 1 drop of this hydrazine fuel Is enough to kill a adult sized male.

Non-explosive it is. Just going to use kinetic energy to take it apart. That's IF weather permitting in about 15 minutes.

Dentoid · 02-20-2008, 10:18 PM

There is also an eclipse of the moon tonight, just after 10pm EST.

BigAl07 · 02-20-2008, 10:19 PM

If I could just see THROUGH the clouds

BigAl07 · 02-20-2008, 11:04 PM

Ok they've pushed the "window" of opportunity back to around 10:30pm EST now. Right about the same time as the Lunar Eclipse! Would love to see the Eclipse and some "debris" burning up at the same time... doubt I'll get to see that but doesn't hurt to HOPE

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Navy gunners in the Pacific were watching the sea and sky Wednesday, waiting for perfect conditions to take a kill shot on an errant satellite 150 miles above them.

They have just a 10-second window to fire, a Pentagon official said, and may not be able to take their shot on their first opportunity at 10:30 p.m. ET Wednesday (6:30 a.m. GMT Thursday).

zy112 · 02-20-2008, 11:16 PM

Where are you supposed to look for the satellite...to lazy to read the article but heard about it lol

Dentoid · 02-21-2008, 12:08 AM

They hit it at 17,000 mph and pulverized the satellite. We sent hydrazine all over our alien friends. It cost the U.S. tax payers 40 million dollars to shoot down a 1 billion dollar satellite.

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