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Russian Rocket Hits Wyoming

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the slightly-off-course dept.

Harmonious Botch wrote in with a CNN story that opens: "A spent Russian booster rocket re-entered the atmosphere Thursday over Colorado and Wyoming, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said. NORAD spokesman Sean Kelly said the agency was trying to confirm a report that a piece of the rocket may have hit the ground near Riverton, Wyoming, at about 6 a.m. Kelly said military personnel had not yet reached the scene. No damage was reported and the debris was not believed to be hazardous, NORAD said. Eyewitnesses reported seeing flaming objects in the sky at the time the rocket was re-entering, Kelly said."

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  1. In Soviet Russia... by PurifyYourMind · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wyoming hits rocket!

  2. hmmm... by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    No damage was reported and the debris was not believed to be hazardous, NORAD said. Eyewitnesses reported seeing flaming objects in the sky at the time the rocket was re-entering, Kelly said.

    Are they sure it wasn't just a weather balloon, or maybe some swamp gas?

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    1. Re:hmmm... by RealityMogul · · Score: 5, Funny

      REPEAT: The large chunks of flaming debris are NOT hazardous - feel free to run outside and try to catch them.

  3. Sensationalist title or what!? by syousef · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Come on. Try Russian space debris hits...not rocket. It hasn't been (part of) a rocket in some time...

    Oh wait, that'd actually be good journalism. Can't have that.

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    1. Re:Sensationalist title or what!? by uber_geek9 · · Score: 5, Insightful
      Exactly. Sensationalism pisses me off like nothing else. You can call the story whatever you like -- it's not going to make it a bigger deal just because you make it sound scarier.

      But hey, it's only Slashdot. CNN's title was "NORAD looking for Russian rocket in Wyoming".

  4. How is it misleading? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The title is: "Russian Rocket Hits Wyoming". Now let us see if it is in any way misleading.

    "Russian": The rocket is Russian. Nothing misleading here.

    "Rocket": The object in question is indeed the remains of a rocket. Nothing misleading here.

    "Hits": The rocket did indeed crash into the ground in Wyoming. It "hit" Wyoming, if you will. Nothing misleading here.

    "Wyoming": The location of the rocket crash was Wyoming. Nothing misleading here.

    I'm not sure how you justify your claim of the title being misleading. Every word in the sentence is correct and factual. The sentence as a whole is also completely correct.

    1. Re:How is it misleading? by MyLongNickName · · Score: 5, Insightful

      "Anonymous coward will not stop molesting badgers"

      Since the Anonymous coward never molested badgers in the first place, the above headline is correct. Simply because something is technically correct does not mean it is misleading. You might want to look at the difference between "mislead" and "lie" in the dictionary. Kind of reminds me of the RNC fund raising letter where "Bush cuts deficit 40% in two years". Factually correct, but does not mention that Bush caused the deficit in the first place.

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    2. Re:How is it misleading? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Since the Anonymous coward never molested badgers in the first place

      Speak for yourself there, buddy. I'm proud of my family traditions.

    3. Re:How is it misleading? by megrims · · Score: 5, Funny

      I don't know.
      What if the arrow "lands in" your eye, for example?

      It's probably justified to be concerned for the state of an apple that an arrow lands in. Changing the victim to a forest is misleading.

      Of course the differing connotations of the two terms make it all a big mess anyway. Landing in terms of missiles gives a different impression than it would with a bullet or a loosed arrow.

    4. Re:How is it misleading? by Holmwood · · Score: 5, Funny

      Now a misleading headline would have been "As Democrats Take Power, Russian Rocket Hits USA".

      Hmmm. Let me go check Fox News.

      Holmwood.

  5. Poor Aim by edwardpickman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Today President Bush responded to the space attack by launching a counter attack on Boswanna. The Boswannan space program being seen as a threat to national security. He's also considering attacking the Moon for the unprovoked attack by Martian meteors on Antarctica thousands of years ago.

  6. Video from Denver news station by theinfobox · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here is video taken by a local news crew this morning: ABC 7 Note: They use an embedded Windows Media Player.

  7. Home on the Range by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh give me a home
    Where the buffalo roam
    And the deer and the antelope play

    Where seldom is heard
    a discouraging word
    and the skies are not full of spent Russian booster rockets

  8. More info by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    From Spaceweather.com

    Something from space disintegrated over Denver, Colorado, this morning around 6:20 am MST (1320 UT). Witnesses describe it as "brilliant, slow, twinkling, sparkly and full of rainbow colors." It was not a meteor. The fireball was the decaying body of a Soyuz U rocket that launched the French COROT space telescope on Dec. 27th. The re-entry caused no damage on the ground--just a beautiful display in the sky.

    1. Re:More info by Voice+of+Meson · · Score: 5, Funny
      Witnesses describe it as "brilliant, slow, twinkling, sparkly and full of rainbow colors."
      It was a Gay Pride parade?
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  9. Re:Most misleading headline ever? by Harmonious+Botch · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sorry.

  10. Putin called a news conference by JeanBaptiste · · Score: 5, Funny

    My fellow Russians, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Wyoming forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.