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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 03/30/2009 : 12:34:06
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Yeah, I know; it belongs in Astronomy but whadda hell, I almost put it in Humor. Link
That the lights and the boom were caused by a meteor explosion can scarcely be doubted, and as usual in such cases, everyone in every dingbat society in the country will call it anything but.
I look forward to their reaction with great anticipation. 
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
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chaloobi
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 03/30/2009 : 13:36:16 [Permalink]
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Or it could be that someone. God by the size of it, lit off another one.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
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Posted - 03/30/2009 : 15:25:23 [Permalink]
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Is it just me, or do others think that maybe Soyuz launches should be done in such a manner that the trajectories of their second stages don't terminate over populated areas?
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 03/30/2009 : 16:35:28 [Permalink]
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Our local news echo-heads have been on it and they say it's all a big mystery. Evidently, they've consulted no one beyond other news echo-heads. I guess asking someone actually involved in the science other than meteorologists is beyond them. 
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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chaloobi
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Posted - 03/31/2009 : 06:30:43 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by filthy
Our local news echo-heads have been on it and they say it's all a big mystery. Evidently, they've consulted no one beyond other news echo-heads. I guess asking someone actually involved in the science other than meteorologists is beyond them.
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Mysteries are more interesting than space junk apparently. |
-Chaloobi
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chaloobi
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Posted - 03/31/2009 : 09:54:55 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by chaloobi
Originally posted by filthy
Our local news echo-heads have been on it and they say it's all a big mystery. Evidently, they've consulted no one beyond other news echo-heads. I guess asking someone actually involved in the science other than meteorologists is beyond them.
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Mysteries are more interesting than space junk apparently.
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Ok, so it is still a mystery. Sort of.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090331/sc_space/virginiafireballnowsaidtobemeteornotrocket
Virginia Fireball Now Said to Be Meteor, Not Rocket
A brilliant fireball in the Virginia sky on Sunday was likely a natural meteor event and not the remnants of a Russian rocket, scientists now say, a reversal from yesterday's initial analysis.
On Monday, Geoff Chester of the U.S. Naval Observatory told SPACE.com that the loud boom and flash of light seen in the skies over Norfolk and Virginia Beach was likely the second stage of the Soyuz rocket that launched Expedition 19 to the International Space Station last Thursday.
However, U.S. Strategic Command has since reported that the rocket re-entered Earth's atmosphere near Taiwan, on the other side of the world, several hours after the reports of the fireball. So both its timing and entry location rule out the rocket as the explanation for the fireball.
"Well, we're all entitled to a 'mulligan' now and then, right," Chester wrote SPACE.com in an email, adding that he deferred Strategic Command. (A mulligan is a do-over in golf.)
"However, it is still a remarkable coincidence that a random rock would fall out of the sky along a path that is very similar to the ground-track of a decaying rocket body," Chester added. "But this is what makes science fun!"
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
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Posted - 03/31/2009 : 17:16:56 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by chaloobi
Originally posted by chaloobi
Originally posted by filthy
Our local news echo-heads have been on it and they say it's all a big mystery. Evidently, they've consulted no one beyond other news echo-heads. I guess asking someone actually involved in the science other than meteorologists is beyond them.
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Mysteries are more interesting than space junk apparently.
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Ok, so it is still a mystery. Sort of.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090331/sc_space/virginiafireballnowsaidtobemeteornotrocket
Virginia Fireball Now Said to Be Meteor, Not Rocket
A brilliant fireball in the Virginia sky on Sunday was likely a natural meteor event and not the remnants of a Russian rocket, scientists now say, a reversal from yesterday's initial analysis.
On Monday, Geoff Chester of the U.S. Naval Observatory told SPACE.com that the loud boom and flash of light seen in the skies over Norfolk and Virginia Beach was likely the second stage of the Soyuz rocket that launched Expedition 19 to the International Space Station last Thursday.
However, U.S. Strategic Command has since reported that the rocket re-entered Earth's atmosphere near Taiwan, on the other side of the world, several hours after the reports of the fireball. So both its timing and entry location rule out the rocket as the explanation for the fireball.
"Well, we're all entitled to a 'mulligan' now and then, right," Chester wrote SPACE.com in an email, adding that he deferred Strategic Command. (A mulligan is a do-over in golf.)
"However, it is still a remarkable coincidence that a random rock would fall out of the sky along a path that is very similar to the ground-track of a decaying rocket body," Chester added. "But this is what makes science fun!"
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To revise my original complaint: Is it just me, or do others think that maybe God's smitings should be done in such a manner that their trajectories don't terminate over populated areas?
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 04/01/2009 : 02:46:19 [Permalink]
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| To revise my original complaint: Is it just me, or do others think that maybe God's smitings should be done in such a manner that their trajectories don't terminate over populated areas? |
Historically, God has always wreaked his evil on persons and populations. I guess he figures that otherwise, what would be the point and where would be the fun?
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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chaloobi
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Posted - 04/01/2009 : 04:23:15 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by filthy
| To revise my original complaint: Is it just me, or do others think that maybe God's smitings should be done in such a manner that their trajectories don't terminate over populated areas? |
Historically, God has always wreaked his evil on persons and populations. I guess he figures that otherwise, what would be the point and where would be the fun?
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in other words, what else is there worth smiting? |
-Chaloobi
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This oughta get the woo-woos a "wooin'.
