On Feb 12, 1:59*pm, wrote:
On Feb 11, 11:33*pm, BradGuth wrote:



On Feb 11, 8:27*pm, BradGuth wrote:

Debris Spews Into Space in Collision of Satellites
*http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/sc...ellite.html?hp
*A wussy little Iridium and nearly a tonne of something Russian just
made one hell of a mess that’s only going to get worse before getting
better for ISS and any number of other satellites.

Iridium 33 (560 kg) + Cosmos 2251 (900 kg) = I told you so.

*~ BG

This encounter could easily cascade, and if it does our future of
reliable satellite placements is at risk, not to mention complex to
lethal consequences for manned missions.

*~ BG

Not to be overtly cynical, I have read all posts per this thread,
reading via Google makes this medium like Instant Messages, but by now
this story is turned into needing more funds:

http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldN...51B61W20090212

Welcome to holding you hostage by staging the failures.

No no. It's OK. It's just taxes.

A bit of self-promotion... Somewhere I wrote and Hulu.com stole:
To serve Man.... hmm... with red or white wine.
To be and do evil ... while eating the mind of well served Man.
Enjo(y).
*--
*Mahipal "Hulu eats my mind having proudly plagiarized" Virdy
*``We search our Earth
*and her limitless skies
*all the while discovering
*in our hearts and minds
*is where heaven lies''
*http://mysite.verizon.net/mahipalvirdy/

Everything in orbit or beyond has been paid for by the lower 99.9% of
us, including whatever it's going to take for cleaning up the mess.
It's still war, you know.

~ BG