Chief Spokesperson for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) today confirmed that the new and improved Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center (CMOC), first announced last January, is fully functional. "We had our first real world test yesterday when an ICBM launch was detected from an as yet unidentified submarine in the Barents Sea. I am happy to report that the threat was eliminated without incident."
-- The NSA: The only part of the US government that actually listens.
Re: Three strikes and you're *out*...
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> Seriously, though, this is a damned shame...although at $4 mil, this was a relatively inexpensive debacle.
And far better than other types of failure, such as if they had accidentally launched a tube with an ICBM in it instead of the one with the sail's rocket.
You just know that right now there are some aliens up there watching and laughing their asses off. They probably record everything we do and broadcast their own reality series back to their planet(s). "Tonight on funniest earth out-takes..."
Come on you Vulcan bastards, come down here and help us pathic morons!
Seriously though, I think current world events (including the decline of Russia's military and America's focus on homeland dipshiatery) has lead to lack of interest/funding/training in space-related activies. The result is inevitable.
-- The ratio of people to cake is too big
Re:In Soviet Russia, they don't give up
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Is it me, or does the Fox article contradict itself?
Nah, they're just being Fair and Balanced.
Re:Three strikes and you're *out*...
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Cosmos 1 was funded by the insurance money from the previous failure...
Explorer : I want to buy some insurance for a satellite that I plan on launching on a Soviet...er....Russian ICBM.
Insurance Agent : What dollar value is your craft valued at?
Explorer : The launch vehicle and orbiter total to about 4 million dollars. So what's the premium going to look like?
Insurance Agent : 4 million dollars.
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Re:So much for cold war escalation.
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saider
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I mean, if they can't even make a simple booster rocket on a modified SLBM fire correctly, how are they supposed to get MIRVs up to a height to fall (albeit haphazardly) on US soil?
That's what Canada was for.
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Remember, You are unique...just like everyone else.
Reminds me of the scene from the Holy Grail. Edited to make it relevant to the situation.
Other countries said we were daft to build a solar sail and launch it into the atmosphere, but we built it all the same, just to show 'em. It burned up in the atmosphere. So, we built a second one. That burned up in the atmosphere. So, we built a third one. That launched, failed to boost, then burned up in the atmosphere, but the fourth one... stayed up! And that's what you're gonna get, lad: the strongest solar sail in this system.
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Re:Three strikes and you're *out*...
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It isn't lost... it's obvious Count Dooku simply staged the crash to throw off his pursuers.
He (and the craft) are safely on Coruscant as we speak.
Re:Three strikes and you're *out*...
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SirHaxalot -> Pingular -> TripMasterMonkey
That's an adorable little conspiracy theory you've got there...entirely wrong, but adorable just the same.
It's flamebait because it is an Associated Press story, not a FoxNews story. FoxNews simply picked it up, as every other news channel did. You fucking moron.
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in soviet russia, solar sails fail you.
i didnt want to do this, but i had to. i dont know why.
i'm so sorry. all i've ever wanted was to be loved
Chief Spokesperson for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) today confirmed that the new and improved Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center (CMOC), first announced last January, is fully functional. "We had our first real world test yesterday when an ICBM launch was detected from an as yet unidentified submarine in the Barents Sea. I am happy to report that the threat was eliminated without incident."
The NSA: The only part of the US government that actually listens.
> Seriously, though, this is a damned shame...although at $4 mil, this was a relatively inexpensive debacle.
And far better than other types of failure, such as if they had accidentally launched a tube with an ICBM in it instead of the one with the sail's rocket.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
I went into a deep depression after the loss of my $200 R.C. WWII fighter from Hobby Lobby... I wonder if these guys will bounce back.
they could have spent the same 4 million to become Batman, and still have money to spare.
Ok, so no broadcast flag...and the solar sail didn't launch...
What next?
Jack Kilby still alive!
Court changes ruling: GIS data can be kept secret!
All your yesterday Slashdot are belong to us!
You just know that right now there are some aliens up there watching and laughing their asses off. They probably record everything we do and broadcast their own reality series back to their planet(s). "Tonight on funniest earth out-takes..."
Come on you Vulcan bastards, come down here and help us pathic morons!
Seriously though, I think current world events (including the decline of Russia's military and America's focus on homeland dipshiatery) has lead to lack of interest/funding/training in space-related activies. The result is inevitable.
The ratio of people to cake is too big
'satilight'?
'physiclally'?
I thought I told you to STOP POSTING!!!
Is it me, or does the Fox article contradict itself?
Nah, they're just being Fair and Balanced.
Cosmos 1 was funded by the insurance money from the previous failure...
Explorer : I want to buy some insurance for a satellite that I plan on launching on a Soviet...er....Russian ICBM.
Insurance Agent : What dollar value is your craft valued at?
Explorer : The launch vehicle and orbiter total to about 4 million dollars. So what's the premium going to look like?
Insurance Agent : 4 million dollars.
Remember, You are unique...just like everyone else.
I mean, if they can't even make a simple booster rocket on a modified SLBM fire correctly, how are they supposed to get MIRVs up to a height to fall (albeit haphazardly) on US soil?
That's what Canada was for.
Remember, You are unique...just like everyone else.
Reminds me of the scene from the Holy Grail. Edited to make it relevant to the situation.
Other countries said we were daft to build a solar sail and launch it into the atmosphere, but we built it all the same, just to show 'em. It burned up in the atmosphere. So, we built a second one. That burned up in the atmosphere. So, we built a third one. That launched, failed to boost, then burned up in the atmosphere, but the fourth one... stayed up! And that's what you're gonna get, lad: the strongest solar sail in this system.
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This isn't the sig you're looking for. Move along.
It isn't lost... it's obvious Count Dooku simply staged the crash to throw off his pursuers. He (and the craft) are safely on Coruscant as we speak.
SirHaxalot -> Pingular -> TripMasterMonkey
That's an adorable little conspiracy theory you've got there...entirely wrong, but adorable just the same.
Doesn't that tinfoil hat chafe?
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It's flamebait because it is an Associated Press story, not a FoxNews story. FoxNews simply picked it up, as every other news channel did. You fucking moron.
I thought their slogan was "Fox News: We Decide, You Nod Your Head In Agreement Or Yell At The Screen, But Either Way Our Ratings Climb"
The War of 1812... the good 'ol days when the federal government actually tried to save New Orleans.
There's an Air in Space Museum...
...this means that Count Dooku shall be denied an escape vehicle!
My only 'hope' is that I don't wake up tomorrow with a big fricking solar sail next to my house. I don't think I can stand the media attention.
Isnt the second rule of thermodynamics, "There is no free launch?"
In soviet russia, the tired oversued jokes stop you.
Take that.
Why not choose a site in the mountains...
And how are you going to get the sub to the top of a mountain, smart guy?
Only on Slashdot can the Russians fuck up a launch, and then some idiot uses it as "evidence" of NASA's incompetence, and gets modded up for it.
Mea navis aericumbens anguillis abundat
From the solar sail weblog:
Annie Druyan: "I may know now why this mission was so affordable."
Maybe if everyone simultaneously pointed their flashlights at it....
See my journal for slashdot ID's by year. Mine created in 2005. http://slashdot.org/journal/289875/slashdot-ids-by-year
You'd better, as it's a job requirement for astronauts. :)