NRO spysat launch delayed because of NRO spysat debris

"Jorge R. Frank" wrote:

Brian Thorn wrote:
On Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:27:11 GMT, "Martha Adams"
wrote:

But also, it verifies an impression I had from earlier news
on this satellite shootdown, that that news had a dreamlike
quality. That a satellite in a ballistic orbit, even a
'decaying' ballistic orbit, would be 'shot down' is clearly
outside the laws of physics as studied by high school
students.

This was not the world's first anti-satellite hit. The U.S. also
achieved this in the 1980s with a missile fired from an F-15 fighter,
and the Chinese infamously destroyed a satellite in a much-higher
orbit last year (it took them three weeks to admit it.)

Indeed. If this is truly "outside the laws of physics as studied by high
school students" then it's a strong indictment of the bull**** that we
spoonfeed our students.

No, it's merely an excessively literal interpretation of the
unfortunate phrase 'shot down' I suspect.

D.

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