tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post3920989186965017204..comments2023-04-28T04:10:44.539-07:00Comments on My Back 40 (Feet): The satellite knock-down: a brief, off-topic rant.chuck b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-7400855802531392032008-02-28T12:15:00.000-08:002008-02-28T12:15:00.000-08:00Hmmm...for most of last week, our local news told ...Hmmm...for most of last week, our local news told us there was an "air quality warning" for northeast Wisconsin, due to a large amount of "particles" in the air. But they wouldn't explain WHAT these particles were...is that hydrazine and satellite dust I smell? Or maybe toxic moth spray? Oh well, it's our benevolent government at work, so I'm sure if I needed to know, they would tell me, right?lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133943147518051559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-35599731955420340822008-02-21T21:53:00.000-08:002008-02-21T21:53:00.000-08:00Ah... sorry, Brent. I don't know why, but with all...Ah... sorry, Brent. I don't know why, but with all of the fuss about this hydrazine, I read "payload" and thought "fuel." Oops. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-43127605455268246572008-02-21T18:31:00.000-08:002008-02-21T18:31:00.000-08:00If the congress would just have granted the telcom...If the congress would just have granted the telcoms immunity in time then they wouldn't have had to shoot the thing down cause then it wouldn't matter if some of the "secret" stuff on the satellite got into the wrong hands. They'd already be off the hook. <BR/><BR/>How's that for a theory?Christopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-74871435769667916412008-02-21T15:54:00.000-08:002008-02-21T15:54:00.000-08:00Payload = The classified spy parts of the satellit...Payload = The classified spy parts of the satellite. <BR/><BR/>I think that blackswamp_girl is on the right track.Brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11450393891493020636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-50458382584210205912008-02-21T12:46:00.000-08:002008-02-21T12:46:00.000-08:00I think it's more about the fear of the technology...I think it's more about the fear of the technology in that satellite falling into the wrong hands. I think if they were sure it would hit within a friendly country that might give it back, that would be one thing... but...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-54866140781739180852008-02-21T12:12:00.000-08:002008-02-21T12:12:00.000-08:001. I don't think that's a negative.2. Yes.3. Wha...1. I don't think that's a negative.<BR/>2. Yes.<BR/>3. What payload? The missile's?<BR/><BR/>No, it's not ALL about the show of power (it's also about demonstrating certain technical skills). But it's definitely not ALL about the hydrazine. <BR/><BR/>It would be naive to think otherwise, imo. My problem isn't even that they put forth a pretext to shoot down the satellite, it's this chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-29679511614134291542008-02-21T10:53:00.000-08:002008-02-21T10:53:00.000-08:00I'm sitting right now not 200 yards from two tanks...I'm sitting right now not 200 yards from two tanks that returned from orbit mostly intact. I assume they were also mostly empty when they returned....<BR/><BR/>I'm not about to suggest that a frozen ton or more of deorbiting hydrazine is the only reason to shoot down that satellite, but it's at least within the realm of plausibility.<BR/><BR/>Consider the negatives that 1. Our military revealed Brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11450393891493020636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-74958955024309014892008-02-21T08:22:00.000-08:002008-02-21T08:22:00.000-08:00An off-topic comment:Can you post more about the o...An off-topic comment:<BR/><BR/>Can you post more about the origin of your new blog title? I looked it up and found some references that said when someone's "working on their back 40" or whatever, it meant they were up to no good. I'd never heard the term before you used it.JvAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13300544674853649714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-42246194792841786392008-02-21T02:55:00.000-08:002008-02-21T02:55:00.000-08:00Watched the same show and believed the MIT guy, ev...Watched the same show and believed the MIT guy, even though my knowledge of chemistry is nil. He and you are right, IMO.<BR/><BR/>Frances at Faire Garden<BR/><BR/>we like it when you go off topic, keep it up.<BR/>FFrances,https://www.blogger.com/profile/03616568389165362993noreply@blogger.com