Re: NRO spysat launch delayed because of NRO spysat debris

From: jacob navia <jacob@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:01:04 +0100

Allen Thomson wrote:

I hope a bit of irony is not OT...

news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080228/sc_space/
spysatdebrisdelaysnewsatelliteslaunch

"This is a precautionary measure to avoid possible debris from the
satellite that was intercepted on Feb. 20," a spokesperson for ULA,
which is overseeing the new satellite's launch atop an Atlas 5 rocket,
said in a Wednesday mission hotline update.

Imagine

Pentagon destroys a satellite

Debris destroy the new satellite and the pentagon must
shoot it down again.

The debris from the second satellite destroy the third replacement...

And so on :-)

--
jacob navia
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