Satellite comming down...NOW!

[Mark B]

I just saw it on the news.
WTF. The government has enough toxic waste in space already.
Now they want to shoot it down and rain all over the planet.
Put a VX on it and sent it our in space.

[tomdietrying]

Yeah, it's amazing how things change over a couple of years. China did the same thing, and guess who protested the loudest?

Yep, that would be us. Our arguement is exactly what you mentioned. The arguement is valid, but I guess it doesn't pertain to us. Funny isn't it?

Peace.
Tom
012009

[Chopper]

The problem was/is, that China destroyed theirs at around 500 miles up. One hunk of space crap became 150,000 hunks of space crap. Something like 46 percent of all the useless stuff up there is theirs....they don't engineer their projects to come back down...when it's of a sensitive nature, they just intend to blast it in place. We need to become a bit more cooperative all around, on this stuff. The way Maritime laws work, is a good starting point. Someday real soon, they're gonna have to start sweeping up some of that mess in orbit.

[Hotsauce]

Why doesn't something sensitive like this have a self-destruct feature?

It have the explosive already, it just needs a small initiating charge and trigger.

John C.

[Bulldoggie]

Why doesn't something sensitive like this have a self-destruct feature?

It have the explosive already, it just needs a small initiating charge and trigger.

John C.

I imagine, if it's not communicating, they couldn't order it to self-destruct.
I think it's coming home to make "contact"

[Ldub]

http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&vid=...=m17&GT1=10856

[AREA 51]

If you believe it was for public safety and not for intel purposes, I have a bridge you may be interested in....

Also, no self destruct because that radio signal would have to originate from earth and could be hacked.