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Duck! (again)

Post by Faithfree » Sat Oct 15, 2011 3:20 am

We all miraculously survived the re-entry of UARS a few weeks ago, now ROSAT (ROentgen SATellite) is scheduled for re-entry sometime between 21 and 25 October and somewhere between 53 degrees north and south latitude. It is predicted that up to 30 individual pieces may reach the Earth's surface. "The largest single fragment will probably be the telescope's mirror, which is very heat resistant and may weigh up to 1.7 tons".

Carry an umbrella.

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Re: Duck! (again)

Post by JimC » Sat Oct 15, 2011 5:41 am

And here was me hoping tor Peking or l'orange! :lay:
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
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Re: Duck! (again)

Post by Faithfree » Sat Oct 15, 2011 6:15 am

JimC wrote:And here was me hoping tor Peking or l'orange! :lay:
If that mirror hits the duck it may well be spatchcocked ...

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Re: Duck! (again)

Post by FBM » Sat Oct 15, 2011 8:15 am

There wasn't any death and destruction with the UARS. Let's hope ROSAT puts out. :pop:
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Re: Duck! (again)

Post by Rum » Sat Oct 15, 2011 8:28 am

FBM wrote:There wasn't any death and destruction with the UARS. Let's hope ROSAT puts out. :pop:
Flightpath appears to rule out mayhem in the UK...for now.
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Re: Duck! (again)

Post by FBM » Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:03 am

Rum wrote:
FBM wrote:There wasn't any death and destruction with the UARS. Let's hope ROSAT puts out. :pop:
Flightpath appears to rule out mayhem in the UK...for now.
I just checked the link. Korea is right under the flight path. :ab:
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Re: Duck! (again)

Post by Faithfree » Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:37 am

FBM wrote:
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FBM wrote:There wasn't any death and destruction with the UARS. Let's hope ROSAT puts out. :pop:
Flightpath appears to rule out mayhem in the UK...for now.
I just checked the link. Korea is right under the flight path. :ab:
The image on the web site is just a "Sample representation based on three consecutive orbits of ROSAT" and not meant to indicate where it might come down - could be anywhere between 53 degrees north and south.
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Re: Duck! (again)

Post by FBM » Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:43 am

Faithfree wrote:
FBM wrote:
Rum wrote:
FBM wrote:There wasn't any death and destruction with the UARS. Let's hope ROSAT puts out. :pop:
Flightpath appears to rule out mayhem in the UK...for now.
I just checked the link. Korea is right under the flight path. :ab:
The image on the web site is just a "Sample representation based on three consecutive orbits of ROSAT" and not meant to indicate where it might come down - could be anywhere between 53 degrees north and south.
:sadcheer:

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Re: Duck! (again)

Post by Faithfree » Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:40 am

ROSAT's latest position and track for the current orbit (which lasts about 90 minutes); refresh to see updates of position in real time:
http://www.heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx ... =57&tz=CET
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Re: Duck! (again)

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:04 am

We need the mirror to hit one of our local megachurches.
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Re: Duck! (again)

Post by Faithfree » Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:06 am

Gawdzilla wrote:We need the mirror to hit one of our local megachurches.
Sometimes you wish there was a god.
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Re: Duck! (again)

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:07 am

Faithfree wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:We need the mirror to hit one of our local megachurches.
Sometimes you wish there was a god.
The roof got blown off a catlicker church when we had our New Years Eve tornado last year. :woot: :cheer:
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Re: Duck! (again)

Post by Faithfree » Sun Oct 16, 2011 7:43 am

Zombie Gawdzilla wrote:We need the mirror to hit one of our local megachurches.
It would be particularly amusing if it landed on Harold Camping's church on October 21st. :hehe:
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Re: Duck! (again)

Post by charlou » Sun Oct 16, 2011 7:58 am

As is so often the case in these things ... que sera, sera

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Re: Duck! (again)

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