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09/21/2011 10:05:47 PM · #1 |
| Artical on space.com Maybe someone will get lucky and photograph it. Would be a once in a life time shot,I'm sure.So get those cameras ready! |
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09/21/2011 10:47:31 PM · #2 |
I wonder if anone still has one of the old "SkyLab Protection Kits" -- a beanie with a pattern of alternating light and dark bands -- which for its functionality relied on the premise that NASA had never yet hit a target ...
Message edited by author 2011-09-21 22:48:23. |
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09/21/2011 11:04:32 PM · #3 |
"If the re-entry occurs at night, it could light up the sky with a brilliance that easily rivals the full moon."
Holy smokes!!! |
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09/22/2011 12:00:07 AM · #4 |
To make it a little easier...
Originally posted by meow:
Article on space.com Maybe someone will get lucky and photograph it. Would be a once in a life time shot,I'm sure.So get those cameras ready! |
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09/22/2011 12:09:17 AM · #5 |
It's also mentioned in the article link that  yakatme (Robert) posted, but here is another link saying the US is in the clear. Which also means there will be no photo ops for those of us in the states. I'm just hoping it falls safely into the sea and no one is affected.
United State not in path of satellite
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09/22/2011 12:14:56 AM · #6 |
lol... In what could only be described as a master stroke of marketing speak.....
anywhere between the latitudes of northern Canada and southern South America. Scientists will be able to refine these projections as the spacecraft makes its fiery journey through the atmosphere.
What wrong with the time tested phrase "No Effing Clue"... "refine these projections"... Really... Yeah cause since those extremes expose oh maybe 98% of the worlds population a "refine" might be useful :-) |
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09/22/2011 12:41:54 AM · #7 |
| I came away with -- it will probably land in the water, or maybe on the land, but then if it is on land, it will probably be where it sparsely populated, but if there are a lot of people there, it probably won't hit one of them, and even if it does, it probably won't be me. |
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09/22/2011 12:45:09 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by karmat:
I came away with -- it will probably land in the water, or maybe on the land, but then if it is on land, it will probably be where it sparsely populated, but if there are a lot of people there, it probably won't hit one of them, and even if it does, it probably won't be me. |
+1
Yup.. Same basic idea I got out of that... Lol. |
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09/22/2011 01:21:19 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
I wonder if anone still has one of the old "SkyLab Protection Kits" -- a beanie with a pattern of alternating light and dark bands -- which for its functionality relied on the premise that NASA had never yet hit a target ... |
I seem to recall NASA hit at least one target repeatedly in the late 60s and 70s ...
Oh, never mind. I forgot that was faked. ;)
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09/22/2011 08:53:45 AM · #10 |
| For those of us who are veterans, we used the term "No Impact, No idea" quite often when spotting targets at the rifle range. Seems appropriate for NASA... |
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09/22/2011 09:23:42 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by robs:
lol... In what could only be described as a master stroke of marketing speak.....
anywhere between the latitudes of northern Canada and southern South America. Scientists will be able to refine these projections as the spacecraft makes its fiery journey through the atmosphere.
What wrong with the time tested phrase "No Effing Clue"... "refine these projections"... Really... Yeah cause since those extremes expose oh maybe 98% of the worlds population a "refine" might be useful :-) |
*packs up wife-kids & heads for North Pole*
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09/22/2011 09:32:28 AM · #12 |
Today they said that it's quite sure that the satellite will fall in my country, in the north of Italy between 9.30-10.00 pm. tomorrow.
I guess I'll take an umbrella :)
It's funny - tomorrow it's my wife's birthday!
Message edited by author 2011-09-22 09:34:13. |
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09/22/2011 10:07:25 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
*packs up wife-kids & heads for North Pole* |
Yeah but your in the great white north anyway - or you can see it from there... so the pole is only a short commute :-)
The rest of us have to reply on tin foil hats.... |
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09/22/2011 11:53:12 AM · #14 |
| Interestingly, a dozen people reported a large fireball in the sky in Bend, OR yesterday. They thought it was the satellite, but were obviously wrong. I guess it was a larger than normal meteor. |
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09/22/2011 11:56:36 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by robs:
lol... In what could only be described as a master stroke of marketing speak.....
anywhere between the latitudes of northern Canada and southern South America. Scientists will be able to refine these projections as the spacecraft makes its fiery journey through the atmosphere.
What wrong with the time tested phrase "No Effing Clue"... "refine these projections"... Really... Yeah cause since those extremes expose oh maybe 98% of the worlds population a "refine" might be useful :-) |
*packs up wife-kids & heads for North Pole* |
Yayeee, we get all the cool stuff :-) |
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09/22/2011 11:59:31 AM · #16 |
Well, NASA have calculated that it won't hit anywhere in North America.
So I suppose that's the last we'll hear of it in the US media. :) |
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09/22/2011 12:05:24 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by JH:
Well, NASA have calculated that it won't hit anywhere in North America. |
Which undoubtedly means it WILL hit North America... |
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09/24/2011 08:14:41 AM · #18 |
NASA has no idea where it impacted, reminds me of this demotivational poster, good timing, eh?
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