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Keep your eyes twoards the sky today and tommorow. The russians are doing a "controlled" re-entry and crash impact of space station MIR. I don't know about you but with the state that country is in i would'nt be surpised if that think augered into the Mexico or something.
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Hehe, now we know Chad's IP address. I am going to bitchslap his ISDN line until it crashes. Just kidding - do you guys think I should turn off the public IP logging feature? I thought it might stop people from posting under fake names. Thanks
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I heard that they have the thing insured for $200 million in case something goes wrong. I think the final re-entry is scheduled for the 20th and some 25 tons of shit are suppose to make it into the Pacific Ocean. Maybe they’ll run out of fuel or loose power and spray molten metal all over some populated continent. Posts: 620 | Registered: Oct 2000
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Testing.... I had to adjust the server offset on the BB - looks like everything was -2 hours, hope it's fixed now.
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I found the actual re-entry page here. Chad where did you hear today or tomorrow? I'm just courious in case your info is more up to date than this web page. http://www.mirreentry.com
I guess it's delayed until the 22nd. I was thinking about all the problems the Russians have had on Mir over the last 15 years. Fires, crashes, etc. It wouldn't be all that surprising if the supply ship that's suppose to send in into the sea doesn't have enough fuel or something else goes wrong...
$200 million isn't going to cover it if a couple large parts land in some heavily populated/developed areas.
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It missed everything including the big target Taco Bell had floating in the ocean.
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how many others walk outside and look around the sky, looking for things " out of the norm" now?
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Mars to Get Closer than Ever in Recorded History in 2003 Fri Nov 8, 8:50 AM ET By Joe Rao, SPACE.com
Mars recently emerged into the morning sky and has begun an orbital dance with Earth that will, over the next several months, lead to the best viewing opportunity since Neanderthals looked skyward.
AP Photo
We’re not kidding.
To get ready for this momentous skywatching event, now would be a fine time to reacquaint yourself with the Red Planet [maps/charts]. All during the summer of 2002 Mars was pretty much out of view because of its close proximity to the Sun. But during the latter part of September it began to emerge back into view in the morning sky and is in full view, though for now it appears rather small in the sky and low on the horizon.
However, this is only the beginning of what will turn out to be the most dramatic and spectacular Mars apparition you or any of your ancestors has ever had a chance to see.
The Red Planet is getting progressively closer to Earth with each passing night, and consequently it will slowly appear to grow larger and brighter. By late August 2003, when it will be about 191 million miles closer, the reddish point of light in our night sky will appear more than six times larger and shine some 85 times brighter than it appears now.
At 5:51 a.m. EDT on Aug. 27, 2003, Mars will be within 34,646,488 miles (55,746,199 kilometers) of Earth. This will be the closest that Mars has come to our planet in about 73,000 years, based on detailed computations by Jean Meeus of Belgium.
Meeus is a world-renowned expert in the field of spherical and mathematical astronomy. He has written many highly acclaimed books dealing with a variety of astronomical calculations. His most recent book, "More Mathematical Astronomy Morsels" (Willmann-Bell, Inc., 2002) contains a chapter on Mars' Closest Approaches to Earth.
Here's what happens:
On Aug. 28, 2003, Mars will be at "opposition," the moment when the Sun, Earth and Mars will form a straight line; since we are closer to the Sun than Mars, this is also when we are overtaking Mars in our respective orbits [graphic].
Mars comes to opposition about every 26 months. But because of the elliptical orbits of Earth and Mars, not all oppositions are created equal. The 2003 opposition will be superior to all the others because Mars will be very near to its closest point to the Sun, called perihelion, when it arrives at opposition.
Such "perihelic oppositions" of Mars are in themselves, rather infrequent, occurring about every 15 to 17 years. The most recent one took place in September 1988, when Mars passed to within 36.5 million miles (58.7 million kilometers) of Earth.
Though Mars' opposition comes comes on Aug. 28, it will be closest to Earth on Aug. 27.
At the close approach, the Red Planet will be brighter than Jupiter and all the stars in the night sky, outshone only by Venus and the Moon.
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