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janet
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fox 5 said the satellite has been
taken out by the missile... how do you feel about it... me personally i am worried
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Posted 2/20/08 10:51 PM  |
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waterspout4
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Re: fox 5 said the satellite has been
It's a bit freaky, knowing it was carrying such toxic stuff and was only 150 miles above the earth. WHere's that stuff going now? 
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| Posted 2/20/08 11:51 PM |
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beautyq115
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Re: fox 5 said the satellite has been
Trying not to think about this
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| Posted 2/20/08 11:51 PM |
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hbugal
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Re: fox 5 said the satellite has been
Posted by beautyq115
Trying not to think about this
Me too.
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| Posted 2/20/08 11:54 PM |
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Jax430
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Re: fox 5 said the satellite has been
Posted by beautyq115
Trying not to think about this
ditto...so now there's toxic stuff flying around the atmosphere?
(I haven't really read up on this, so please forgive my ignorance if I'm wrong)
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| Posted 2/20/08 11:57 PM |
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DUCKS2001
Then there was 2
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Re: fox 5 said the satellite has been
yeah where the heck is this toxic stuff going  is some coming down in our air hmmmmmI think that they had to blow it up bc it was going to come into the earth and land anywhere not sure if i am right
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| Posted 2/21/08 10:29 AM |
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MsMBV
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Re: fox 5 said the satellite has been
I don't love it, but I don't honestly know enough about what alternatives were available.
Couldn't they just change its orbit?
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| Posted 2/21/08 10:30 AM |
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ave1024
I Took The Wrong Road
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Re: fox 5 said the satellite has been
I read the story behind this. There was nothing the government could do and this was the best option.
The sattelite's computer failed shortly after it was launched so the government lost contact with it. However the engines kept running so it continued into space.
There were two options to correct the problem. Either do nothing and earth's gravity would eventually pull it and it will crash somewhere on Earth. Or they could shoot it down into much smaller pieces and the pieces would burn up in the atmosphere before reaching the land.
If they let it crash, it was estimated that it would destroy two football fields of land, and the toxic fumes would probably spread further. There was no guarantee it would land in water. What if it landed in the middle of Long Island?
They really had no choice. Earth's gravity is too strong to deflect it off orbit.
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| Posted 2/21/08 10:40 AM |
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