North Korea's Satellite Is Out of Control

Koreantoast writes "After failing on numerous occasions, North Korea has finally put a satellite in orbit. But according to US officials, it is now 'tumbling out of control.' This is bad news, and more bad news, covered in a double layer of extra bad news. From the article: 'According to US officials, it appears that North Korea's new satellite has failed to achieve a stable orbit and is now "tumbling out of control." The greatest danger is the threat of it colliding with another satellite, adding to the growing debris field around the earth.' A separate Gizmodo article provides links for tracking the current location of the satellite."

Comments

send the mini-shuttle over there to wack it

[peter303]

Its unclear if the new min-shuttle has offensive capabilities.

Re:send the mini-shuttle over there to wack it

[Culture20]

The manic depressive ones are the most important to get under control.

Re:send the mini-shuttle over there to wack it

[mug funky]

the space shuttle orbiter was armed in the sense that it had an arm.

Dear Leader's Satellite is So Advanced...

[Anonymous Coward]

...it can cover multiple orbital trajectories while imperialist pig Yankee capitalist satellites are only capable of a single orbit.

Re:Start betting on where it'll land?

[Anonymous Coward]

I hope it lands back in North Korea so its citizens can get some return on their investment.

Re:So what does the world do about it?

[Spy Handler]

And, of course, you sound so confident you can win (protip: You didn't win last time).

We didn't have Chuck Norris last time.

Re:It may not be stupidity

[mug funky]

do you have any idea how f'ing busy I am, Hans Brix??