LoKz Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) -- A large U.S. spy satellite has lost power and propulsion and could hit the Earth in late February or March, government officials said Saturday. The satellite, which no longer can be controlled, could contain hazardous materials, and it is unknown where on the planet it might come down, they said.The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the information is classified as secret."Appropriate government agencies are monitoring the situation," said Gordon Johndroe, a spokesman for the National Security Council.Video...Read more about it here... Satellite is weeks away from hitting Earth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 That sucks... Can't they like, blow it out of the air or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anteus Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Hard if they don't know were it gonna go down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Hard if they don't know were it gonna go down.They know where it is don't they? Just predict it's trajectory and shoot a missile or catapult a cow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoKz Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 They dont know where its going down... because it has no more power so the thrusters dont work so they cant tell it where to go... so it can go down anywhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 They dont know where its going down... because it has no more power so the thrusters dont work so they cant tell it where to go... so it can go down anywhere...Physics... Just let another 'Einstein' predict where it'll come down. I'm sure that people who studied physics can solve this. It really isn't that hard, considering there is no air resistance in space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearoninternet Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 They dont know where its going down... because it has no more power so the thrusters dont work so they cant tell it where to go... so it can go down anywhere...Physics... Just let another 'Einstein' predict where it'll come down. I'm sure that people who studied physics can solve this. It really isn't that hard, considering there is no air resistance in space.I bet it will burn up before hitting the earth anyway, since it's orbit is around the earth and not directly towards earth.So if we're lucky it will happen at night so we can watch the show :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 They dont know where its going down... because it has no more power so the thrusters dont work so they cant tell it where to go... so it can go down anywhere...Physics... Just let another 'Einstein' predict where it'll come down. I'm sure that people who studied physics can solve this. It really isn't that hard, considering there is no air resistance in space.I bet it will burn up before hitting the earth anyway, since it's orbit is around the earth and not directly towards earth.So if we're lucky it will happen at night so we can watch the show :rofl:The largest uncontrolled re-entry by a NASA spacecraft was Skylab, the 78-ton abandoned space station that fell from orbit in 1979. Its debris dropped harmlessly into the Indian Ocean and across a remote section of western Australia.So.... It might hit earth :cheers: But if you're right that'd be a nice show. Me like fireworks :duh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dock98 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 everybody better duck.i dont know why they cant shoot the damn thing out of the sky.after all the money we spend on missile development and w cant shoot a schoolbus down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoKz Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 yeah shoot it down lol if its so top secret then when they shoot it down they will know where the parts fall down... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 yeah shoot it down lol if its so top secret then when they shoot it down they will know where the parts fall down... lolOR....they could ask nicely and the Chinese will shoot it down for them..... they have some kind of high tech satellite defense system that has already shot down quite a few "test" targets in high earth orbits :(EDIT: actually they have not shot them down ...just totally disabled them.....and that is a huge difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 yeah shoot it down lol if its so top secret then when they shoot it down they will know where the parts fall down... lolOR....they could ask nicely and the Chinese will shoot it down for them..... they have some kind of high tech satellite defense system that has already shot down quite a few "test" targets in high earth orbits :sneaky:EDIT: actually they have not shot them down ...just totally disabled them.....and that is a huge differenceStuff that makes sense: I've also seen some stuff about a plane with a laser on it, which can lock on to an enemy rocket and then destroy it with a laser beam... That might be an option too ;) But about the Chinese do they really have something like that? Because in when the US and the Russians were fighting there was word about something like that too. But they didn't make it because it'd cost too much and it would be unfair? That's what they told us at school... (In the classes where i did pay attention). Stuff that doesn't make any sense at all: But i really think catapulting a cow onto it will do the job. :fool: Or else we can all start praying it'll fall down in the ocean. :pope: Maybe we should ask :usama: for help, oh wait they already did him... Well, until you guys fixed this i'll be hiding in my :tank: drinking beers :cheers: and smoking some weed :ganja: . :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOD Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 That sucks... Can't they like, blow it out of the air or something?Yes but no. read on up on the Kessler SyndromeHard if they don't know were it gonna go down.They know where it is don't they? Just predict it's trajectory and shoot a missile or catapult a cow.I loled at the catapult a cow part. but yes correct calculate its trajectoryThey dont know where its going down... because it has no more power so the thrusters dont work so they cant tell it where to go... so it can go down anywhere...Physics... Just let another 'Einstein' predict where it'll come down. I'm sure that people who studied physics can solve this. It really isn't that hard, considering there is no air resistance in space.It doesnt take an 'Einstein' to calculate a trajectoryyeah shoot it down lol if its so top secret then when they shoot it down they will know where the parts fall down... lolheh read at my first responceyeah shoot it down lol if its so top secret then when they shoot it down they will know where the parts fall down... lolOR....they could ask nicely and the Chinese will shoot it down for them..... they have some kind of high tech satellite defense system that has already shot down quite a few "test" targets in high earth orbits :smoke:EDIT: actually they have not shot them down ...just totally disabled them.....and that is a huge differenceyes by disabling them if there isnt any hazardous materials they send them into the earth. if they do have hazardous materials. they send it on a graveyard orbit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I know it doesn't take an Einstein, but since he came to think of the Relativity Theory i thought i'd mention him. You know using Newton's laws you might miscalculate it and miss a few millimeters, owh NO that'd be awful wouldn't it?!?!Edit: No hard feelings though :smoke: ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dock98 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 They dont know where its going down... because it has no more power so the thrusters dont work so they cant tell it where to go... so it can go down anywhere...Physics... Just let another 'Einstein' predict where it'll come down. I'm sure that people who studied physics can solve this. It really isn't that hard, considering there is no air resistance in space.I bet it will burn up before hitting the earth anyway, since it's orbit is around the earth and not directly towards earth.So if we're lucky it will happen at night so we can watch the show :smoke:a lot of peeps hope it will burn up but i believe in murphys law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoKz Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 what is murphys law.... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 what is murphys law.... ?Murphy's law is an adage in Western culture that broadly states that things will go wrong in any given situation, if you give them a chance. "If there's more than one possible outcome of a job or task, and one of those outcomes will result in disaster or an undesirable consequence, then somebody will do it that way." It is most often cited as "Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong" (or, alternately, "Whatever can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time, in the worst possible way" or, "Anything that can go wrong, will," or "If anything can go wrong, it will, and usually at the most inopportune moment"). The saying is sometimes referred to as Sod's law or Finagle's law which can also be rendered as "Anything that can go wrong, will—at the worst possible moment".Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy's_law Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoKz Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 Okay.. lol thank you i searched it up and saw it but there is so much to read ;) i went by it fast and just got what i needed lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 look all, we do not shoot or destory something in space orbit. that makes a danger for equipment and others in space.that is why everyone was piss at china for destorying a satellite in space. they cause much harm and future liability of death for humans in space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoKz Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 look all, we do not shoot or destory something in space orbit. that makes a danger for equipment and others in space.that is why everyone was piss at china for destorying a satellite in space. they cause much harm and future liability of death for humans in space.Because of falling debri... falling objects and stuff and the atmosphere too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 look all, we do not shoot or destory something in space orbit. that makes a danger for equipment and others in space.that is why everyone was piss at china for destorying a satellite in space. they cause much harm and future liability of death for humans in space.That sounds logic... So my idea of catapulting a cow onto it is still the best and yet to be proven wrong!------Some stuff above this line is serious-----Stuff down this line is most certainly not-----Let's get on with the physics because we need to determine the exact weight of the cow, in space there's no gravity but when the satellite gets in the atmosphere there is so we need to calculate when exactly we need to catapult it and the weight of the cow(for changing the trajectory so the satellite(+cow) will fall into the ocean). Ok guys get your physics together and start working those numbers! Give me a call when you're done.(Or send me an e-mail of course)(508) 744 2000(800) 932 4329 [email protected] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HATE9X Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 So where's the freaking satellite, I've been eagerly waiting for it..? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoKz Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 So where's the freaking satellite, I've been eagerly waiting for it..? ;)In the sky... lol but really i think it has no more power.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HATE9X Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 So where's the freaking satellite, I've been eagerly waiting for it..? :)In the sky... lol but really i think it has no more power....too bad, we could've hacked it and have our own satellite for.. whatever purposes.. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoKz Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 if you hack it you would be in jail in less than 5mins lol and if you did and had control of it... you will not be able to do nothing with it because it has no more power :) lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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