Breaking on MSNBC: Duck!!

[malaise]

A US spy satellite could crash somewhere on earth in February. It has no power - they've lost control of it.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry. The irony is too much for me. Now if it lands at a pig farm in Crawford Texas, I will roll on the floor laughing.

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[Tom Strong]

1. prayers, earth

prayers

[malaise]

3. And what exactly will prayers do

to prevent this?

[Tom Strong]

10. The same thing my "Hang In There" poster with the cute little kitten does for me every morning

In other words, EVERYTHING!

[TheWatcher]

53. The Poster Magically Solves all your problems?

Wow, who knew the world could be so simple.

[bdamomma]

2. what are the chances that it will hit the ocean first.

[tekisui]

5. I'm guessing 75%, that is the percentage of water on the Earth.

[tridim]

24. Wouldn't that depend on the percentage of water in it's last known trajectory?

Of course it's a spy satellite, so they won't tell us.

[malaise]

6. Pretty good

Should be interesting to watch the scientists try to figure out where it will crash. The problem is that it has some seriously toxic stuff aboard.

[Hoof Hearted]

51. What do you mean, first?

You thinkin' that satellite is gonna skip or something?

[BeHereNow]

4. I just saw that article- scary. Hazardous materials, I wonder what kind? Nuclear?

I remember some years back an uproar about Cassini,
a satellite powered by some god awful hazardous
material- people were alarmed that they would send it
out to space for this very reason.
That it might come crashing down.

BHN

[malaise]

7. I wonder if its Cassini

Let me google away. Cassini is multinational so it's probably not that one
Add.

[BeHereNow]

18. Yes, I wondered the name of the satellite too-

They probably aren't saying because they
don't want people to look it up and panic
once they learn the details of the hazards.

Note the article said the satellite "may" contain
hazardous materials.

Naturally the MSM is not going to tell
us anything close to the truth.

BHN

[malaise]

21. Big secret

be very afraid :D

The scientific guru forums will tell before midnight. They're working overtime on this one right now

[Canuckistanian]

25. Cassini isn't an earth satellite - it's a spacecraft. n/t

[malaise]

27. Thanks

Here's an earlier thread
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2770641&mesg_id=2770641

[SlowDownFast]

46. It might have a plutonium power pack.

Cassini carries 72lbs of the stuff:
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9710/10/cassini.advancer/

I would imagine other spy satellites may have them as well.

Oh, well, just means now we have even MORE plutonium blowing around in our atmosphere....

[BeHereNow]

47. More madness bought to us by the lunatics running the asylum

Fucking MIC-
Guess they never heard the old adage
"what goes up must come down?"

BHN

[Hydra]

8. Ironies abound

It's things like this that make you think they are incompetent. The truth is, they simply don't care, as long as it isn't their house that gets nailed.

Praying for it to hit a crawford ranch- no more brush to clear!

[malaise]

13. I'm with you

Here's the link
<snip>
A large U.S. spy satellite has lost power and propulsion and could hit the Earth in late February or March, government officials said Saturday.

The satellite, which no longer can be controlled, could contain hazardous materials, and it is unknown where on the planet it might come down, they said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the information is classified as secret.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22857051

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It won't be secret for much longer - jackasses

[leeman67]

9. Hopefully it doesn't crash into the sea and...

awaken a 500 foot sea monster that attacks Manhattan and rips the head off the Statue of Liberty.

[MercutioATC]

12. So THAT'S what that splash was at the end of the movie!

:)

[malaise]

20. Remember that great thread from a few days ago

You have fifteen minutes before a disaster - what will you buy in the supermarket...da dum..da dum..da dum!
sp.

[MercutioATC]

22. I missed that one!

...and preparedness is one of my "hobbies" (for lack of a better term)

[malaise]

23. Here it is

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2760373

and here's another link re the OP
http://ktla.trb.com/news/ktla-satellitedanger,0,6788137.story

[MercutioATC]

44. Thanks! Lots of inexperience and poor planning in that thread.

(you were one of the few who sounded like you knew what you were doing)

In light of any of the various possibilities that could be considered "disasters", I'd kinda like to see a preparedness forum here at DU.

[Evergreen Emerald]

11. I better bring my dog in.

[Guaranteed]

14. LOL nt

[malaise]

16. LOL

You have time
:rofl:

[babylonsister]

15. I'm so cynical. Could this be just another distraction? I guess we'll find

out soon.

[Jennifer C]

36. How do we know for sure it actually exists?

[Dark]

17. Soooo what if it crashes in like China?

Could they access the info from the satellite?

[malaise]

19. Then you should

really duck...like Russia..find a hole in the ground.

It might land in the world's biggest white Rethug elephant - the embassy in Iraq

[TahitiNut]

26. Quick! Move your car!

:dunce:

[NoodleyAppendage]

28. GOOD. One less spy satellite in this world is a positive event.

Hopefully this is the very satellite that the NSA was planning to allow leased time by various law enforcement agencies and others for DOMESTIC purposes.

J

[malaise]

29. Good point n/t

[Hutzpa]

30. That'll be a good

spot, how about that Crawford, Tx


bawahahahaha!


:rofl:

[peacetalksforall]

31. Why would a spy satellite have hazardous materials in it? Did they

dump some nuclear waste in it so they could get rid of it for awhile?

[kitty1]

32. I hope it lands in my yard, I could pretty rich from the lawsuit

[malaise]

33. But but but

You've got to survive :D

[Perry Logan]

34. This is where you find out just how bad your karma is.

[malaise]

41. Indeed if it hits us

that will be seriously bad karma :rofl:

[peacetalksforall]

35. When will Homeland Security come out with their survival plan?

[Pastiche423]

38. They are leaving it up to FEMA...

[malaise]

40. Three days after it crashes

The usual plan.

[wtmusic]

37. Anyone remember Skylab?

Why back in the day, another spacecraft came a'crashin' to Earth...

[stillcool]

39. Terrorist alert!

[kitty1]

42. I think if it lands on the North Pole, you guys can claim it back

from the Russians.

[WinkyDink]

43. Heckuva job, NASA!

[messiah]

45. "Fire From The Sky"

................

[CatholicEdHead]

48. So, what if it lands in Siberia or Iran?

Will there be a major freakout in DC over the technology in the satellite?

[Swamp Rat]

49. ... tape

Duct Tape... or call it "duck tape" like Bushler. :D

[Postman]

50. Won't it burn up re-entering the atmosphere?

remember when Skylab fell to earth?

[denem]

56. The whole shitload landed in an Australian desert.

NASA twisted it a few times to try to ensure it didn't hit the Northern Hemisphere. This one is dead. Truly random.

[benld74]

52. MAYBE it will find Cheney WHEN nobody else could!

[malaise]

54. Then it will be worth it

:D

[kevinbgoode]

55. Is this the one that will destroy the dinosaurs?

...or just the dominionists riding them....