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General => General Technical Chat => Topic started by: Uncle Vernon on September 12, 2011, 05:04:12 am

Title: Don your hard Hats for September
Post by: Uncle Vernon on September 12, 2011, 05:04:12 am
Better to be safe than sorry, you wouldn't want to be slapped in the back of the head by six and a half tons of space junk.  ;)
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nasa-satellite-expected-to-plunge-to-earth-2011-09-09?link=MW_latest_news (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nasa-satellite-expected-to-plunge-to-earth-2011-09-09?link=MW_latest_news)

Would be something of an ironic coincidence, if America's space junk crashed into an Al-Qaeda facility on it's final reentry. What would be the odds?
Title: Re: Don your hard Hats for September
Post by: bullet308 on September 12, 2011, 01:28:40 pm
I would call that "a good day at the office for NASA".
Title: Re: Don your hard Hats for September
Post by: Uncle Vernon on September 24, 2011, 02:37:41 pm
All safe it's crashed into Canada. If Canada wants to earn a lazy $400 they could fine NASA for littering, like they did in Esperance. Only took 30 years to get paid.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab)
Title: Re: Don your hard Hats for September
Post by: Bored@Work on September 24, 2011, 03:16:56 pm
Quote from: Uncle Vernon on September 24, 2011, 02:37:41 pm
All safe it's crashed into Canada. If Canada wants to earn a lazy $400 they could fine NASA for littering, like they did in Esperance. Only took 30 years to get paid.

No one should be above the law, not even NASA.
Title: Re: Don your hard Hats for September
Post by: MrPlacid on September 25, 2011, 03:51:43 am
Quote from: Uncle Vernon on September 24, 2011, 02:37:41 pm
All safe it's crashed into Canada. If Canada wants to earn a lazy $400 they could fine NASA for littering, like they did in Esperance. Only took 30 years to get paid.

You can charge interest until the amount is paid ;)