Comments on: Satellite Shootdown Try May Be Imminent

Pentagon Outlines First Attempts To Shoot Down Faltering Spy Satellite

[alphaa10-2009]

dragonwagon5 said, "Now they''''re rushing to shoot it down tomorrow (Mid-February). Maybe I''''m just paranoid."
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Not really. But never expect to get a straight answer from this regime on anything unless it suits an ulterior purpose.

For example, the spy satellite is acknowledged as one of the lost toys of the NSA. But as a piece of space junk, it will follow Newton''s laws faithfully until reentry, and that event''s date and time should not vary wildly from week to week.

If that date does vary, something else is up. Perhaps NSA got wind of a capture attempt by one of our ambitious neighbors. And, ya know, the more the capture vehicle closes to our orbit, the more the official reentry date seems to advance along with it. Amazing, this modern technology-- Newton would be proud.

[jochitragman]

Anyone else get the distinct impression there''''s something gone horribly wrong here? First they predict the satillite will fall harmlessly sometime mid March or April. Then we''''re told the pentagon will shoot it down early March. Now they''''re rushing to shoot it down tomorrow (Mid-February). Maybe I''''m just paranoid.


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Posted by dragonwagon5 at 07:33 PM : Feb 19, 2008


I''ve got the same feeling. Our elected Govt. and
our Military can''t be trusted. The first time I
heard about the shootdown, I had a bad feeling.

[erasmus6]

"Why don''''t we give other countries the opportunity to try to shoot it down? Perhaps the first country to hit it could win a stuffed animal or something?" posted by hamishdad

Now you''re talking! I love stuffed animals!

[alphaa10-2009]

bogusbones said, "...infidel - i think the whole world is tired of the ranting and name calling that you people spew out with such venom and hatred. please give one valid reason why this thing should be blown up..."
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See post below-- killing the satellite is the only way to fend off attempts to capture it. You may recall the Cold War mission of the Glomar Explorer, which was to raise a Russian missile sub lost deep in the Pacific.

As for "ranting and name calling that you people spew out with such venom and hatred", we must give the Bush bed-wetters a break-- it''s all they can do after a steady drip of Faux News.

Besides, letting people like "infidel" and "terrorislam9" (or "6", "3" or whatever) rant on is the best refutation possible-- they reveal everything, their fathomless ignornace, rigid motivations and deepest doubts and fears in the most authentic way possible.

Given enough rope for their public displays, most people will come to associate their beliefs with their posteriors, relieving us of proving there is no vital difference.

[shanev137]

Maybe they can get it to come down on top of some ranch outside of Crawford, Texas at a certain time.

[bkotarsk]

Do we get a Refund from the Company that made the Satellite? Are we going to add the Cost of Destroying it also to the BILL?

[neobrian-2009]

Just Like our Gov`t !
Spend Billions of OUR Tax $,...Botch it,.then Spend more to Destroy it!,...

[jochitragman]

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"Atlantis Crew Prepares For Return To Earth
Florida Landing Scheduled For Wednesday, Weather Permitting"



Look out!!

[bkotarsk]

I still say, We Shoot it Down using one of Russia''a Weather Satellites. Or even use one of The USA weather satellites

[excoachken]

O.K., how long will it be after the "Shootdown" that somebody puts an "authenticated" piece on eBay? And when does QVC start selling gold plated pieces, redesigned into the shape of the Twin Towers, before 9-11?

[jochitragman]

So, the Great Emperor Bush II has ordered his Navy to shoot the thing down and allow it to rain debris on the poor citizens of the world. Woe to the Navy if they miss the dumb thing and hit the moon instead!

Posted by walt1944 at 05:51 PM : Feb 19, 2008


Please! Please!! Don''t KingGeo2 any ideas. Next thing ya know it''ll be.....the Man in the Moon has WMD!!!

[alphaa10-2009]

Infidel_US said, "... bedwetting liberals - like yourself, why is this an issue? You and Putin should go share a hot tub together. Two America hating commies sharing a moment..."
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If you knew more about Bush and Putin, you would understand why Bush said he felt kinship with Putin on their first metting. Both are closet dictators, and neither holds America in high regard.

But since Bush may be your hero, as a "bed-wetting" conservative, you have much to worry about from past Bush misdeeds.

But let Bush speak for himself on his respect for the Constitution and the rule of law...

In November, 2005, in Washington, DC, Bush, facing an assembly of his own party members critical of his NSA spying program, bristled like a teenager caught drinking after curfew-- "Stop throwing the Constitution in my face! It just a GD)((#@*! piece of paper!"

[quetzal0666]

dibs on the first peace i find.....
umm where is it expected to fall, i wanna sell some of it on E-Bay..

[walt1944-2009]

The Great Emperor Bush is apprehensive about the shoot down of the satellite tomorrow.

Naturally, he appreciates the opportunity to test HIS version of Ronald Reagan''s "Star Wars", but he is also concerned that the satellite, since it is a SPY
SATELLITE, might end up in the wrong hands such as Venezeula''s Hugo Chavez, Russia''s Vladimar Putin, Iran''s What''s-His-Face, Osama Bin Laden''s Al Qeada, or even here, where perhaps the evil, cowardly Whimpo-crats could get their hands on it.

There is always the possibility too, that the satellite, rumored to be as big as a house, could come straight down on the Oval Office and into the Great Emperor''s lap!

So, the Great Emperor Bush II has ordered his Navy to shoot the thing down and allow it to rain debris on the poor citizens of the world. Woe to the Navy if they miss the dumb thing and hit the moon instead!

SIG HEIL, BUSH!!!!
sig heil, McCain (maybe)?????

[bogusbones]

infidel - i think the whole world is tired of the ranting and name calling that you people spew out with such venom and hatred. please give one valid reason why this thing should be blown up and who''s paying for it? i''d rather see the katrina damage repaired than have our fearless leader getting his kicks watching the 4th of july fireworks in february.

[talkingham]

Infidel- eat my wet diapers - what I don''t understand is why they don''t want to know what went wrong- they just want to shoot down a billion dollars worth of satellite I helped pay for- the lying buzzards.

Lying bustards, liars, crooks, thieves a-zoles.

I guess they would rather send up another billion satellite and then shoot it down too went it doesn''t work. There is certainly more to this lying boodoggle than we stupid taxpayers will ever be told.

Of course neo-conservative stick their heads up their butsands don''t want to know. They just trust the almighty Bush while he pours trillions down various Saudi loving holes.

[hamishdad]

Why don''t we give other countries the opportunity to try to shoot it down? Perhaps the first country to hit it could win a stuffed animal or something?

[bogusbones]

whoopee!! says georgie from his sandbox. this is gonna be fun. hehehe.

[alphaa10-2009]

sevenveils said, "... the hydrazine would boil and burn during reentry. The real reason to bring this bird down is assure none of its pieces can be analyzed by potentially threatening nation."
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Exactly-- the NSA presumably has worked overtime to recover control, but has given up. Meanwhile, the satellite is a space derelict unable to move out of harm''s way, which in this case means capture by the spacecraft of another country.

Even if Bush wants manned missions, the future of space exploration is with robotic probes. Most countries rivaling US space technology have healthy investments in that area.

Judging from the untimely malfunction of such a critical and expensive satellite as this, we could use more emphasis on the rudiments of machine system reliability-- not on making spacecraft for critical human cargo on years'' long missions.

[inventagod]

''..Bush hating, bedwetting liberals..''
Posted by Infidel_US

The final gasps of neocons all sound alike