Get your Spacelab Crash Protection Helmets out of the closet.......

[scottinnj]

......................'cause here we go again! (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8UDPGFO0&show_article=1)



I'm hoping for a direct hit on my house. PAYDAY!!!!

[Fallon]

[crosses fingers]
Please hit Tom Cruise.
Please hit Tom Cruise.
[/crosses fingers]

[Bunny™]

I smell "Where Will The Satellite Land On Earth" pool

I put $20 on northern India.

[Hottub]

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[BoondockSaint]

I predict that this satellite of hate will land on the Unity Party.

[DolaMight]

Finally my oversized novelty baseball mitt will come in handy. I'm ready spacetrash.

[Freakshow]

Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Again.

[led37zep]

I smell "Where Will The Satellite Land On Earth" pool

I put $20 on northern India.

I got $20 on the Pacific Ocean.

[lleeder]

The satellite, which no longer can be controlled, could contain hazardous materials, and it is unknown where on the planet it might come downhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22857051/

We're all doomed.

[MadMatt]

Wasn't it Skylab that crashed to Earth in 1979, not Spacelab?

Either way, I am tracking the satellite's telemetry and have my helmet firmly secured. :bye:

[scottinnj]

Wasn't it Skylab that crashed to Earth in 1979, not Spacelab?

Either way, I am tracking the satellite's telemetry and have my helmet firmly secured. :bye:

Yep, you're right. I was only 11 when it came down, it was so long ago, I forgot the name.

I remember the "I survived Skylab" t-shirts though.

[MadMatt]

Yep, you're right. I was only 11 when it came down, it was so long ago, I forgot the name.

I remember the "I survived Skylab" t-shirts though.

Yep, me too. I have a Skylab patch stashed somewhere.

Good times, good times...

http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/images/skylab_patch.jpg

[Freakshow]

And top of the morn and slip of the day
Just don't sleep good since I been away
So here's to you, alright!

Walk stupid like an expectant dad
waiting for your hand like I'm waiting for skylab
So kick me out, I'm going west, alright



(the guy who wrote this was from Kalgoorlie, WA, from an awesome Australian band called You Am I)

[Tenbatsuzen]

Satellites fall
down to the skies
Thing like that drive me
Out of my mind

I watched it for a little while
I like to watch things on tv

Satellite of death
satellite of death...

[PapaBear]

It's a good thing it's not falling TODAY. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster)

Wow... Twenty two years. It kinda freaks me out that it's been that long since it happened.

BTW... I used to kick ASS on this game!
http://pinball.flippers.info/spaceshuttlerightside.jpg

[topless_mike]

maybe canada.

we'd have to scream
"look ooooooooooooooooooooooot"

[Jughead]

http://www.geocities.com/yank2010/rickmel.jpg

[scottinnj]

I'm still hiding in a dumpster at work. Is it safe to come out yet?

[Devo37]

"she was walking /
all alone/
down the street/
in the alley/
her name was sally/
i never touched her/
she never saw it/
she was hit by/
space junk/
she was smashed by/
space junk/
she was killed by/
space junk"

-Devo
-Space Junk

[Bellyfullasnot]

Belushi did a great bit about skylab on SNL's weekend update. I can't find it now, but I remember him driving a replica skylab through a globe and crying about a friend on St. Patricks day.

[PapaBear]

One of my co-workers thought he saw it fall tonight, but I just did a news search and can't find anything about it. He described seeing a fiery streak across the sky. I guess it was just a good sized meteor. Those things can be pretty cool when they're big enough to have flames shooting out of them. I'll have to remember to let him know what he really saw.

[badmonkey]

One of my co-workers thought he saw it fall tonight, but I just did a news search and can't find anything about it. He described seeing a fiery streak across the sky. I guess it was just a good sized meteor. Those things can be pretty cool when they're big enough to have flames shooting out of them. I'll have to remember to let him know what he really saw.

That was me actually. I did that. Sorry. Didn't mean to scare your friend. Was just saving the world again for you unappreciative bastards.

[Furtherman]

One of my co-workers thought he saw it fall tonight, but I just did a news search and can't find anything about it. He described seeing a fiery streak across the sky. I guess it was just a good sized meteor. Those things can be pretty cool when they're big enough to have flames shooting out of them. I'll have to remember to let him know what he really saw.

You have to watch out for those too. They'll cook your goose.

Close encounter of the bird kind (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article763054.ece)

A GOOSE crashed onto a car after being knocked from the sky by a METEORITE.

Postman Adrian Mannion was having a morning cuppa with his wife Fiona when they heard the 9lb space rock hit their driveway.

One second later a dazed Canada Goose smashed into their prized Mini’s roof, causing £2,500 damage.

[HBox]

We're gonna shoot that shit to the sky. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23166344/)

[topless_mike]

this cant be good.
we're going to fire at it, miss, land that missle in another country, then the media will say we started a war with another country, blah blah blah.

thinking back.. maybe thats why north korea was test firing missles. they knew this shit would happen.

[HBox]

this cant be good.
we're going to fire at it, miss, land that missle in another country, then the media will say we started a war with another country, blah blah blah.

thinking back.. maybe thats why north korea was test firing missles. they knew this shit would happen.

If the missile misses, we'll just shoot down the missile too.

[topless_mike]

didnt we give china shit because they shot down one of their satellites?
what makes this any different? is this a satellite of love?

[Heather 8]

is this a satellite of love?

http://www.mst3kinfo.com/satnews/images/sol2.jpg

Damn you, Mike Nelson!

[HBox]

didnt we give china shit because they shot down one of their satellites?
what makes this any different? is this a satellite of love?

It's different. They were testing a missile system that can shoot satellites out of orbit. That system can conceivably be used to shoot down any satellite.

[Freakshow]

I have full trust in those former carter administration officials that are going to shoot it down. And if they miss, may we all be horrible crushed from above somehow.

[A.J.]

We're gonna shoot that shit to the sky. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23166344/)

U.S. officials said that the option preferred by the administration will be to fire a missile from a U.S. Navy cruiser, and shoot down the satellite before it enters Earth's atmosphere.

Officials said the Navy would likely shoot it down before then, using a special missile modified for the task. The Navy will fire two or three SM-3 missiles from a cruiser and destroyer off the Northwest coast of Hawaii.

You're welcome. ::smile:

[A.J.]

Or we can fire a ASM-135 ASAT. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASM-135_ASAT)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/ASAT_missile_launch.jpg

[scottinnj]

This guy has the right idea. If I can get enough of my fellow geeks banded together in a corn field somewhere west of Wichita, Kansas, we could launch every ESTES rocket ever known to mankind and have a better chance of hitting this thing.

Strength in numbers people, strength in numbers!!!!!

http://members.cox.net/retrojayrocket/piester.jpg

[DiabloSammich]

If they pull this shot off I will be impressed....



http://news.aol.com/story/_a/us-to-shoot-down-broken-spy-satellite/20080214122809990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

[King Hippos Bandaid]

dont we have more important things to worry about like Roger Clemens Dog took HGH before a dog show in 2002

[Chip196]

I'm not worried ... If they miss Bruce Willis will just stay on the Sattelite and detoante the bomb himself.

[Freakshow]

US shoots, US scores!

[Kevin]

dont we have more important things to worry about like Roger Clemens Dog took HGH before a dog show in 2002

QFT!

[PapaBear]

US shoots, US scores!
Yup.

Military says missile hit spy satellite (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080221/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/dead_satellite_50)



I wonder if conspiracy nuts are going to find a correlation between the launch time and the lunar eclipse.

WASHINGTON - A missile launched from a Navy ship successfully struck a dying U.S. spy satellite passing 130 miles over the Pacific on Wednesday, a defense official said. Full details were not immediately available. It happened just after 10:30 p.m. EST.

[Devo37]

It's different. They were testing a missile system that can shoot satellites out of orbit. That system can conceivably be used to shoot down any satellite.

...and ours is a missile that can shoot satellites out of orbit. if we can do it to our own satellite (and apparently we have), we could conceivably do it to any satellite.

i'm not seeing much of a difference.

[A.J.]

Yup.

Military says missile hit spy satellite (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080221/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/dead_satellite_50).

Two officials said the missile was launched successfully. One official, who is close to the process, said it hit the target. He said details on the results were not immediately known.


You're welcome. :smile:

[Freakshow]

I wonder if conspiracy nuts are going to find a correlation between the launch time and the lunar eclipse.

I heard if you played Pink Floyd at the same time as the missile was launched, the album ends when the satellite was destroyed...

All that you touch
All that you see
All that you taste
All you feel.
All that you love
All that you hate
All you distrust
All you save.
All that you give
All that you deal
All that you buy,
beg, borrow or steal.
All you create
All you destroy
All that you do
All that you say.
All that you eat
And everyone you meet
All that you slight
And everyone you fight.
All that is now
All that is gone
All that's to come
and everything under the sun is in tune
but the sun is eclipsed by the moon.

[Furtherman]

The headline read Satellite explodes like Death Star.

They're not kidding!

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[scottinnj]

The headline read Satellite explodes like Death Star.

They're not kidding!

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It did have that Star Wars "Great Shot Kid, one in a million" moment to it.

[SatCam]

...and ours is a missile that can shoot satellites out of orbit. if we can do it to our own satellite (and apparently we have), we could conceivably do it to any satellite.

i'm not seeing much of a difference.

US = good

China = Bad

[Furtherman]

Heads up!

Astronaut loses tool bag during spacewalk (http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/11/18/endeavour.spacewalk/index.html?iref=mpstoryview)

[Freakshow]

you said 'tool bag.'

[Zorro]

Heads up!

Astronaut loses tool bag during spacewalk (http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/11/18/endeavour.spacewalk/index.html?iref=mpstoryview)

women....

[scottinnj]

Heads up!

Astronaut loses tool bag during spacewalk (http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/11/18/endeavour.spacewalk/index.html?iref=mpstoryview)

women....

Never would've happened if it had a Prada logo on it.

[BlackSpider]

I have a tin-foil helmet.
Will that work...?:unsure: