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Originally posted by 2 cents
reply to post by Phage
not according to Stellarium. It shows it in the SSW at 8am. Didn't the one photo show it coming from the direction of the sun?
[edit on 11-12-2009 by 2 cents]
[edit on 11-12-2009 by 2 cents]
Originally posted by DGFenrir
reply to post by Foliohattuilija
How many times does someone have to tell you people this: The missile didn't fly over Norway!
Or did I miss something?
[edit on 11/12/2009 by DGFenrir]
Magnetic shielding, if successful, could offer the prospect of lighter and more reliable heat shields, as well as that of being able to re-use re-entry craft more easily.
Flight quotes an EADS Astrium official, Detlev Konigorski, as saying that the idea is "gaining more momentum", but nonetheless far from being a done deal. However, the DLR is now said to be "on board".
Not many of the technical issues seem to have been addressed yet, with the allied corporate and space-agency boffins still assessing the performance of the proposed superconducting coil and pondering methods of fitting it into a Russian "Volan" escape pod.
If the ploy goes ahead, however, the idea would be to test it relatively cheaply by launching the magnetic Volan on a suborbital trajectory using a modified SS-N-18 ballistic missile (NATO codename "Stingray") fired from a Russian submarine offshore and coming down in the remote Kamchatka peninsula.
I believe even Russia said it was a missle and I doubt they would lie on behalf of NASA.
a night launch of a Minuteman III ICBM from Vandenberg Air Force Base
Originally posted by Revolution-2012
reply to post by Imagir
Also, the human eye can only see about 60-100 miles, and that's off shore.
The Bulava missile was test-fired from the submarine Dmitry Donskoi in the White Sea early on Wednesday but failed at the third stage, the defence ministry said.
The pre-dawn morning launch coincided with the appearance of an extraordinary light over northern Norway. Images of the light prompted explanations ranging from a meteor, northern lights, a failed missile to even a UFO.
Detlev Konigorski of EADS Astrim, speaking in Manchester last month at the 2009 European air and space conference, said he expected the test to take place three years after it is approved, and that should be some time in the next decade.