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3.5 Ton Satellite to Crash Back to Earth

Posted by chrisd on from the guess-my-pellet-gun-was-more-powerfull-than-I-thought dept.

DeadBugs writes "CNN is reporting that the NASA Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer could crash back to earth in a matter of days. It's estimated that up to 9 large pieces (4-100 lbs.) of the Satellite could survive re-entry. Unlike the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory that was guided in, this Satellite will be uncontrolled. The EUVE has only been up there since 1992.... I wonder when this sort of thing will start to be a more common event."

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  1. common event? by drDugan · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    ... I wonder when this sort of thing will start to be a more common event.
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    -- when NASA starts using Windows for their onboard systems, I can imagine they would crash all the time.

  2. uh by schroet · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Crashing like my Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server High Availability Cluster.

  3. Re:Hmmm by easter1916 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Hyuk hyuk hyuk, you're so funny.

  4. a good missle defense test.... by CN-1 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    bush should test his ass-clown missle defense shit on the falling satilite. he could feature the footage of the miss in the next star wars movie. then he could go home in his flying car and talk on the space telephone to more enron employees. if BTS was in charge of operation induring freedom, our next target would be comoros. those bastards need to be taken out.