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Space Junk May Require ISS Maneuver In Advance of SpaceX's Dragon
SpaceX's Dragon capsule, loaded with food and scientific gear, is scheduled to launch toward the ISS tomorrow evening (with backup launch slots on each of the following two days). There's a last-minute wrinkle, though: Space.com managing editor Tariq Malik reports that a piece of space debris "will pass near enough to the space station on Monday morning (Oct. 8) to require an avoidance maneuver as a safety precaution, NASA space station program manager Mike Suffredini said in a briefing [Saturday]." Tomorrow's planned flight is to be the first under a $1.6 billion contract with NASA that calls for a dozen resupply flights by SpaceX, essential in the post-shuttle era."
Women are subhuman. Take a list of Nobel laureates, remove all "peace" (even the magic negro got one) prizes and divide by zero^Wgender.
Women are manipulative whores, deriving all their power from subjugation of men with their powers of saggy tits. Women don't achieve anything by themselves. How many hard science papers are actually released by women? Nada.
Like all "special interests" groups, women have an unusual sense of entitlement. Except that unlike niggers, they had every chance to "prove" themselves through the history of mankind, not pick cotton all day long (unless they were female nigra).
The moment you don't want to buy that alligator-skin bag, a diamond ring, a status-symbol car, a kitten-fur coat, not only they spit out instead of swallowing, they pull out a gun on you and accuse you of criminal trespass. Then they miss at point-blank range. Such is the result of granting equal rights to the subhuman gender.
I'm all in favor of "separate but equal" amendment -- grant them a right to the kitchen and Valium, and for men to work their ass off trying to make a name for themselves. Praise the ones who make a difference, not the parasite with a victim complex.
"What is the difference between a man and a parasite? A man builds. A parasite asks "Where is my share?" A man creates. A parasite says, "What will the neighbors think?" A man invents. A parasite says, "Watch out, or you might tread on the toes of god..."
I was under the impression that maneuvers like this happen every few months or so, so this really isn't a big deal at all. In fact, TFA says so:
NASA and its space station partners regularly move the space station when a piece of debris is expected to pass inside a preset safety perimeter. That safety zone is shaped like a pizza box and extends out 15 miles (25 kilometers) to either side, as well as a half-mile (0.75 km) above and below the station.
You do not have a moral or legal right to do absolutely anything you want.
When the ISS 'enjoys' its 'Columbia/Challenger' Moment, will NASA and 'the' President say such is the work of 'Terrorist?'
The true 'Terrorist' in the minds of NASA and 'the' President reside within the mirror reflecting their faces to them.
That is the true meaning.
An Inconvenient Truth.
Because it has "space" in the story, it seems interesting, but really, considering the amount of space junk out there and the now-familiar processes and procedures to avoid it, this is mostly boring stuff.
I want to delete my account but Slashdot doesn't allow it.
I would have said bad troll but apparently I put too much faith in humanity when I assumed no one would fall for it and respond.
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A pizza is 3 dimensions. This defines a 2D shape hence no thickness is mentioned, I imagine they mean the side of a pizza box which is rectangular while the surface is square:
From parent quote:
That safety zone is shaped like a pizza box and extends out 15 miles (25 kilometers) to either side, as well as a half-mile (0.75 km) above and below the station.
Everything I write is lies, read between the lines.
I don't think so:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3168191&cid=41576321
Everything I write is lies, read between the lines.