• North Korean satellite 'tumbling out of control'
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[QUOTE=don818;38808010][video=youtube;KMrugIQlzOk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMrugIQlzOk[/video] [sp]it shoots down ballistic missiles[/sp][/QUOTE] i know a little about anti-missile technology. that doesn't mean it's not worrisome when an unstable and corrupt country develops them.
The North Koreans are very enthusiastic about their space program 0:47 [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7N5HJso9e8&feature=player_embedded[/media]
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;38808057]I will give them a gold sticker for effort.[/QUOTE] [t]http://i3.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/010/566/060.png[/t] ever since I saw the first thread I was waiting for this one to pop up, though I was expecting it to have collided with some space junk or another satellite because I doubt they've got info on the positioning of a great deal of everything in orbit and let's be completely honest with ourselves- NK is not in a space race, they have zero peaceful reason to be putting anything in orbit aside from sending a gigantic golden phallus to the heavens to show north korea is best korea. Every other reason points to the things they've been trying to do before and have been blocked from doing directly- threaten the everliving fuck out of everyone else by showing they've got some big rocks and a slingshot powerful enough to put them through any window in the neighborhood now I kinda doubt they'd actually just drop a bomb without provocation. I wonder if their military is even half as uninformed as the general populace, honestly thinking the whole world is uncivilized and out to get them so they need a knife to brandish so everyone else backs off... I'd hate to think they're seriously just looking to start a nuclear war just to feel cool about themselves, though I'd expect them to aim at South Korea before anyone else hmm what if (just a theory) they're working up their long-range capabilities to show they could wreck up anybody's shit, so that they can restart the war or plain out drop a huge bomb on South Korea, threatening to nuke anybody who tries to stop them, putting their sites on major cities where losses of life and damage to economies would be terrifyingly huge
[QUOTE=don818;38808010][video=youtube;KMrugIQlzOk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMrugIQlzOk[/video] [sp]it shoots down ballistic missiles[/sp][/QUOTE] And that's why I'm not afraid of North Korea, or any country really, but its still the cause the UN has for concern.
The XB37 went up yesterday too. I guess it, *cough* bumped into it.
Oh North Korean, you fail at everything.
[url]http://www.n2yo.com/?s=39026[/url] It's too close to the eastern seaboard. I don't like it.
Don't orbital objects need to go on a global register so that orbital paths can be checked over and confirmed to not collide? Being all secretive and launching stuff like this without prior permission and global planning is just reckless and will probably end with NK's satellite colliding with Google or something.
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;38808177]The XB37 went up yesterday too. I guess it, *cough* bumped into it.[/QUOTE] Wouldn't it be hilarious if the USAF swooped in at the last second and snatched it before it fell.
[QUOTE=Eudoxia;38808261][url]http://www.n2yo.com/?s=39026[/url] It's too close to the eastern seaboard. I don't like it.[/QUOTE] watching it tick along is unnerving and I can't stop hearing the dun dun dun dun from space invaders [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=437Ld_rKM2s[/media]
[QUOTE=HiddenMyst;38808270]Don't orbital objects need to go on a global register so that orbital paths can be checked over and confirmed to not collide? Being all secretive and launching stuff like this without prior permission and global planning is just reckless and will probably end with NK's satellite colliding with Google or something.[/QUOTE] [I]all[/I] of google
[QUOTE=HiddenMyst;38808270]Don't orbital objects need to go on a global register so that orbital paths can be checked over and confirmed to not collide? Being all secretive and launching stuff like this without prior permission and global planning is just reckless and will probably end with NK's satellite colliding with Google or something.[/QUOTE] Also the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome"]Kessler syndrome[/URL].
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If it lands in America, will North Korea be charged for littering?
[QUOTE=daijitsu;38808167]I kinda doubt they'd actually just drop a bomb without provocation. I wonder if their military is even half as uninformed as the general populace, honestly thinking the whole world is uncivilized and out to get them so they need a knife to brandish so everyone else backs off... I'd hate to think they're seriously just looking to start a nuclear war just to feel cool about themselves, though I'd expect them to aim at South Korea before anyone else[/QUOTE] the whole world is, literally, out to get them, for the last 67 years capitalist imperialist amerikkka and her allies have threatened to destroy the democratic peoples republic of korea. it truly is a testament to the juche idea when a cold mountainous nation can launch a satellite into space even under threat from the richest powers of the day.
[QUOTE=Corey_Faure;38808482]If it lands in America, will North Korea be charged for littering?[/QUOTE] Historical precedent says [B]yes[/B].
It would be funny if we stole the satellite with the XB37
[QUOTE=_Kent_;38808807]It would be funny if we stole the satellite with the XB37[/QUOTE] "oh hey nice satellite we'll be taking that yes thank you have a nice day!" :v:
[QUOTE=ElectricSquid;38808053]Is anyone else concerned that NKorea is just going to be adding to the colossal volume of floating space junk? I know that at this point, one satellite or the parts it would contribute in event of disintegration is basically a drop in the bucket compared to what's already out there, but it's not like the problem gets smaller on its own when you have amateurs lobbing their crap up there,[/QUOTE] Space is big. Satellites are really, really small. micrometeorites are far greater threats to spacecraft. [editline]12th December 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=daijitsu;38808304]watching it tick along is unnerving and I can't stop hearing the dun dun dun dun from space invaders [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=437Ld_rKM2s[/media][/QUOTE] In just a few minutes it'll pass over where I am... [img]http://fi.somethingawful.com/safs/smilies/6/d/suspense.001.gif[/img]
It would be interesting if this was part of a larger plan Load it up with a nuke, control it to make it seem as though it's out of control, have it reenter over your target and explode
so according to this [url]http://www.n2yo.com/?s=39026[/url] looking at it's altitude decrease at about .02 miles per second That means it'll hit the ground in less than four and a half hours? Nevermind it's altitude just started increasing again.
[QUOTE=luck_or_loss;38809925]so according to this [url]http://www.n2yo.com/?s=39026[/url] looking at it's altitude decrease at about .02 miles per second That means it'll hit the ground in less than four and a half hours?[/QUOTE] Its in orbit. It loses altitude in exchange for speed, on the other side it will gain altitude and slow down. It's actually climbing now.
[QUOTE=luck_or_loss;38809925]so according to this [url]http://www.n2yo.com/?s=39026[/url] looking at it's altitude decrease at about .02 miles per second That means it'll hit the ground in less than four and a half hours? Nevermind it's altitude just started increasing again.[/QUOTE] The orbit is an ellipse. Altitude decreases as it approaches the periapsis.
That took longer than I thought it would.
[QUOTE=HiddenMyst;38808270]Don't orbital objects need to go on a global register so that orbital paths can be checked over and confirmed to not collide? Being all secretive and launching stuff like this without prior permission and global planning is just reckless and will probably end with NK's satellite colliding with Google or something.[/QUOTE] I wonder what would happen if it does hit something, can a company declare war? :v:
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What if it was meant to crash? What If its an actual nuke? And while we are laughing away at how silly it is, they are planning it to crash and nuke us?
[QUOTE=shian;38813674]What if it was meant to crash? What If its an actual nuke? And while we are laughing away at how silly it is, they are planning it to crash and nuke us?[/QUOTE] It will sting and then we will turn South Korea into an island.
[QUOTE=shian;38813674]What if it was meant to crash? What If its an actual nuke? And while we are laughing away at how silly it is, they are planning it to crash and nuke us?[/QUOTE] Well, first off, it's not. Second, it probably wouldn't work, anyway. North Korean nuclear weapons are as reliable as the missiles they are launched on; IE, not very. And that's in ground-tests; having one go into space and back down wouldn't do good stuff for reliability.
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