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Originally posted by AgentSmith
reply to post by jiggerj
*snip* removed actioned post.
Originally posted by Ghezuz
As of December 31, 2009, there were 6,854 spacecraft launched. This is an average of 132 spacecraft a year over the last 52 years. This number varied from 180 in 1965 to only 77 in 2004 (see Table 1). Of those spacecraft, 3,543 are Russian and 1,811 are American. All other countries (including Europe, Japan, China, and India) had sponsored only 808 spacecraft. There are also 580 commercial spacecraft and 112 built by amateurs and students.
www.thespacereview.com...
I hope this answers your question jigg,edit on 23-9-2012 by Ghezuz because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by jiggerj
LOL Yes, I know NASA is tracking it.
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Thousands of satellite launches. Okay, let's say each of these missions to launch a satellite lost five items in space. No, make it fifty items. No again, let's go ridiculous and make it 5000 items lost for every mission. That's five, ten, hell, let's call it a hundred million pieces of junk floating around our planet.
Earth has a surface area of 197 million square miles. That would be roughly HALF OF JUST ONE item floating in ONE SQUARE MILE of space. Considering that the area in space around the earth is much more than the area on the planet, that would make the space junk not even worth mentioning.
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LOL You're funny!
Originally posted by SLAYER69
Regarding Fireballs, If we were really being invaded by an Alien species that could traverse Billions of miles then they should have high enough tech not to be coming in like a 1950s Low Budget Sci Fi movie.
They'd be cooler than that and more stealthy me thinks then when the time is right without warning they'd Stri...
Originally posted by nothingwrong
Originally posted by jiggerj
LOL Yes, I know NASA is tracking it.
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Thousands of satellite launches. Okay, let's say each of these missions to launch a satellite lost five items in space. No, make it fifty items. No again, let's go ridiculous and make it 5000 items lost for every mission. That's five, ten, hell, let's call it a hundred million pieces of junk floating around our planet.
Earth has a surface area of 197 million square miles. That would be roughly HALF OF JUST ONE item floating in ONE SQUARE MILE of space. Considering that the area in space around the earth is much more than the area on the planet, that would make the space junk not even worth mentioning.
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LOL You're funny!
Yes, I'm funny. And you are plainly ignorant of the facts. It is well know that there is so much space junk NASA see it as a major problem, hence the many millions of dollars they spend trying to keep a track of it all. If you had bothered to google this rather than all that other crap you would know this. Try going to google and typing in 'space junk' and then pressing the search button. Every major space agency on the planet see space junk as a major hazard to space flight, because there is so damn much of it. But hey - I guess you know better.....
Originally posted by nothingwrong
reply to post by jiggerj
Perhaps a better approach would have been "Really!? I didn't know that, how fascinating! I didn't think there was that much junk, wow, I have learned something today!"
But you chose to question and try to defend your incorrect point.
I hope you have learned something today. I appologise if I was a bit rough on you ;O)
The vast majority of the estimated tens of millions of pieces of space debris
About 198 million square miles.
Originally posted by Dr Expired
Thanks Guys for the trolilish off topic replies to this serious thread.
Not everything in this world relates to ones ego?
We may have been invaded? yeah? hit any buttons?
Ok where is the evidence?
Originally posted by jiggerj
LOL Yes, I know NASA is tracking it.
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Thousands of satellite launches. Okay, let's say each of these missions to launch a satellite lost five items in space. No, make it fifty items. No again, let's go ridiculous and make it 5000 items lost for every mission. That's five, ten, hell, let's call it a hundred million pieces of junk floating around our planet.
Earth has a surface area of 197 million square miles. That would be roughly HALF OF JUST ONE item floating in ONE SQUARE MILE of space. Considering that the area in space around the earth is much more than the area on the planet, that would make the space junk not even worth mentioning.
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LOL You're funny!
Originally posted by Dr Expired
It ta a ma to ad his mis, thing gettin mor strang her but canno put int wors .
see mor and mo brit objts in sy , a bt afaid.
Originally posted by nothingwrong
Originally posted by Dr Expired
It ta a ma to ad his mis, thing gettin mor strang her but canno put int wors .
see mor and mo brit objts in sy , a bt afaid.
Couldn't have put it better myself. I completely agree. Very wise words.
Originally posted by stonebutterfly
I think ALOT of folks Are on edge about the dec 21 thing. Whether you believe it or not, something happens and the mind goes to "omg it's happening" status. It's kinda in the back of the mind these months and every event seems to trigger a doomsday scenario thought. I'll be glad when this date passes and nothing happens. I'm one that doesn't believe but I still think to myself what if this is what starts it all.
Originally posted by rapunzel222
Originally posted by sgspecial19
reply to post by Dr Expired
If those fireballs were the same objects leaving the moon a few days ago, I wouldn't be surprised lol.
did i miss a thread? what objects leaving the moon a few days ago?
update pls???