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reply posted on 12-3-2009 @ 12:03 PM by Now_Then
reply to post by Chance321



There is probably some firefox addon somewhere to record live audio streaming.



reply posted on 12-3-2009 @ 12:04 PM by Phage
reply to post by Now_Then



Ahem. If there had been a fee, just who deserved it?


reply posted on 12-3-2009 @ 12:10 PM by PH43DRUS
reply to post by SlinkyDFW



I agree that the timing of the launch--postponed launch--of Discovery is just too coincidental. Then again, maybe I think that because I read stuff on this site too often ... .

But, honestly, as soon as I opened the thread I thought about a Hopi prophecy thread I read a while back ...sigh... really need to get back to work ...


reply posted on 12-3-2009 @ 12:21 PM by star in a jar
reply to post by SlinkyDFW
[Media blackout! What the.... ]

Haha! So much for the space junk claim


reply posted on 12-3-2009 @ 12:23 PM by robertnesta
reply to post by TH3ON3



the guy they just had on CNN from NASA said it was a piece of an engine ( so not a tiny thin piece of junk) and he said they got a call about it last night but didn't have enough time to do the space debris avoidance maneuver.


reply posted on 12-3-2009 @ 12:26 PM by SlinkyDFW
reply to post by TH3ON3



I've heard it was an engine, a spent thruster, 3 foot, 1 inch, old panel from a satellite, blah...blah.

The space station has semi-good cameras on board. Where's the video? If they had a 10 or 20 minute warning, for a one inch piece of metal, then it's obviously not traveling too fast, and probably wouldn't penetrate the skin of the station.

I'm not buying any of it until I see a video....a good one. I think they got scared and were ready to bail because they couldn't explain something, or they received a threat.


reply posted on 12-3-2009 @ 12:29 PM by Phage
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The "blue box" (cursor type thingy) was on one of the display panels. The astronaut asked what it was, NASA said "nothing", and cleared it from the display. My guess is that it was the box that had been tracking the junk.

Funny part, right after it got cleared. The astronaut says "good, because I need a run". Ground says "you're free to run". Guess what "run" means.

[edit on 3/12/2009 by Phage]


reply posted on 12-3-2009 @ 12:29 PM by robertnesta
reply to post by SlinkyDFW



agreed, the space station is worth so much money, even if the debris was headed at it, with all the scientist they have there, i feel they would have pointed one of the many cameras they have in the proper direction in order to see the object making a collision or coming close. if there isn't a video id be surprised. if the video was released to the public i would also be surprised. but i would like to see it.

i wish i was up there right now instead of down here, i bet it would be more exciting.


reply posted on 12-3-2009 @ 12:39 PM by Elepheagle
reply to post by Phage



LOL I did hear the part about needing to take a run. So there isn't a treadmill on the ISS...
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