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Thursday is the day... according to CNN's sources inside the U.S. Navy. They're waiting for the space shuttle Atlantis to land on Wednesday, before attempting to blow-up the faulty spy satellite as it enteres the earth's atmosphere. Want to see it before it's shot down? Go here: http://www.heavens-above.com/usa193.aspx
KristinFish

8 responses // Date set for satellite shoot down

  • http://current.com/topics/75808042_nasa
    Check out all these sweet NASA posts.
    joshuaheller
  • What will be the environmental / atmospheric impact of blowing up a satelite 100km above the earth? if this has never been done before how do we know it wont royally F- things up?
    stephenthomson
  • I agree, if we have the ability to shoot it down, why don't we know where it might land? Also what will they be shooting it down with?
    sam03
  • This has nothing to do with the satellite, and they used to test nukes in the sky so I'm sure a conventional missile will be fine.

    It's really just a demonstration for China's benefit so they know we can shoot stuff in space too.

    http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/1/16d2b242-f2...
    magnusdeus
  • I enjoy a good conspiracy theory just as much as the next person. However, it never ceases to amaze me just how often people buy into the science fiction instead of the facts. Take the skeptics who believe we never landed on the moon. That is simply false. Just like it's false that this satellite shoot down is only a ploy to rattle Russia and China. There is a real, malfunctioning satellite out there that is hurling towards our planet with a full tank of toxic fuel. This is not a test. It's the real deal.
    KristinFish
  • They had to refit their fleet and modify a missile to blow something up that would most likely crash into the ocean anyway.

    Not to mention the environmental record of this administration, which is one of the worst in history. Somehow I feel like they wouldn't care about a little more toxic gas in the atmosphere...
    magnusdeus
  • http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/02/15/hydrazine-the-to...
    True. But the administration's concern is not toxic gas in the atmosphere. It's toxic gas on the ground. According to this article... “If the droplets (of Hydrazine) are inhaled, you’re going to run into problems with your lungs. Breathing in a lot of hydrazine will immediately give you pulmonary edema, retention of water in the lungs. You can no longer breathe.”
    KristinFish
  • Oh I didn't see that bit about the hydrazine before. I'm still going to maintain that this has foreign policy implications and/or motives though.
    magnusdeus

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