Lunar Eclipse tomorrow night - Page 2

Rob Instigator · 02.21.2008, 09:56 AM

I love them. when you see the moon eclipsed by the earth;'s shadow you can really see that it is just a giant sphere flowting in space, just out there. it looks beautiful and strikes me with awe and grandeur, but then again I have a real name and am not afraid to share it. ha!

floatingslowly · 02.21.2008, 09:58 AM

yeah it was too cloudy here as well.

Savage Clone · 02.21.2008, 09:59 AM

I saw it.
It was pretty majestic.

█████████ · 02.21.2008, 10:01 AM

solar eclipses are interesting because of the solar corona, but moon eclipses... they are not worthy of me lifting my ass from bed.

Rob Instigator · 02.21.2008, 10:02 AM

If you guys got to see it then you also saw Jupiter and regulus (the central star in constellation LEO) on either side of the moon!

Rob Instigator · 02.21.2008, 10:02 AM

solar eclipses cannot be looked at directly though. lunar ones you can smoke a large fattie boombattie and gaze upon it for hours.

█████████ · 02.21.2008, 10:04 AM

hours of scout lameness.

floatingslowly · 02.21.2008, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by █████████

hours of scout lameness.

you jaded bitter asshole!!11!!!one!!!omg!!!!

█████████ · 02.21.2008, 10:48 AM

i sense sulking.

tesla69 · 02.21.2008, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by sonicl

You mean the navy might have made the eclipse happen?

No the conspiracy nets were saying the Navy was shooting down some interstellar object (alien) that was using the eclipse as cover.

Hey I'm just repeating what I read...

floatingslowly · 02.21.2008, 11:30 AM

and they would have gotten away with it, if it wasn't for you meddling kids.

Rob Instigator · 02.21.2008, 11:35 AM

the US put up that spy satteliote last year, meaning it has the top level of technology in it, top secret shit,and it malfunctioned almost instantly. it has been useless for a year. it has taken this long for it's orbit to degrade.

they were for sure destroying it so no one could get theuir hands on the technology
the fuel would have exploded in re-entry like a motherfucker. that was a red herring to appease the stupid sheep.

floatingslowly · 02.21.2008, 11:45 AM

that was Rob Instigator reporting from inside the compound on Gumdrop Mountain.

5Against1 · 02.21.2008, 11:48 AM

That satellite was going 17,000 mph, it's amazing that the navy was able to hit it even though the missile was going 22,000 mph, just incredible.

floatingslowly · 02.21.2008, 11:53 AM

not so much.

aegis cruisers are floating ballastics computers.

just sayin'.

m1rr0r dash · 02.21.2008, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

the US put up that spy satteliote last year, meaning it has the top level of technology in it, top secret shit,and it malfunctioned almost instantly. it has been useless for a year. it has taken this long for it's orbit to degrade.

they were for sure destroying it so no one could get theuir hands on the technology
the fuel would have exploded in re-entry like a motherfucker. that was a red herring to appease the stupid sheep.

The fuel tank aboard the satellite was believed strong enough to survive the fiery re-entry through the atmosphere...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/us/21cnd-satellite.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnn lx=1203614829-BllMVXyimLCLR9tyK5VAbQ

...if you want to claim that's just the story the pentagon gave the public, ....be my guest. you have a point about protecting the technology. just sayin...

tesla69 · 02.21.2008, 12:42 PM

Supposedly there have been plenty of other falling satellites with fuel but the pentagon didn't need to shoot them down. I think this is a response to the Chinese action of last year and a test of our space weaponry. If we were to engage China in a war, say over Taiwan, I suspect the satellites will be one of the first targets. They're sitting ducks, they just happen to be sitting in space revolving in predictable orbits.

Rob Instigator · 02.21.2008, 12:43 PM

the fuel is toxic, but so is nearly everything that nuclear submarines dump into th deep oceans.

the technology was the crucial part I think. and there is nothing wrong with that at all.

floatingslowly · 02.21.2008, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

the technology was the crucial part I think. and there is nothing wrong with that at all.

but was it really technology or alien body parts?

DISCUSS

[edit: if *I* was going to hide alien body parts, a spy-sat would be the place I'd put them]

m1rr0r dash · 02.21.2008, 12:50 PM

if *you* were a robot, where would you hide yr 2029 AI tech?

02.21.2008, 09:56 AM	#21
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	I love them. when you see the moon eclipsed by the earth;'s shadow you can really see that it is just a giant sphere flowting in space, just out there. it looks beautiful and strikes me with awe and grandeur, but then again I have a real name and am not afraid to share it. ha! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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02.21.2008, 09:58 AM	#22
floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	yeah it was too cloudy here as well.
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02.21.2008, 09:59 AM	#23
Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,290	I saw it. It was pretty majestic.
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02.21.2008, 10:01 AM	#24
█████████ expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,736	solar eclipses are interesting because of the solar corona, but moon eclipses... they are not worthy of me lifting my ass from bed.
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02.21.2008, 10:02 AM	#25
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	If you guys got to see it then you also saw Jupiter and regulus (the central star in constellation LEO) on either side of the moon! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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02.21.2008, 10:04 AM	#27
█████████ expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,736	hours of scout lameness.
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02.21.2008, 10:48 AM	#29
█████████ expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,736	i sense sulking.
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02.21.2008, 11:30 AM	#31
floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	and they would have gotten away with it, if it wasn't for you meddling kids.
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02.21.2008, 11:35 AM	#32
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	the US put up that spy satteliote last year, meaning it has the top level of technology in it, top secret shit,and it malfunctioned almost instantly. it has been useless for a year. it has taken this long for it's orbit to degrade. they were for sure destroying it so no one could get theuir hands on the technology the fuel would have exploded in re-entry like a motherfucker. that was a red herring to appease the stupid sheep. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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02.21.2008, 11:45 AM	#33
floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	that was Rob Instigator reporting from inside the compound on Gumdrop Mountain.
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02.21.2008, 11:48 AM	#34
5Against1 bad moon rising Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Canastota, NY USA Posts: 147	That satellite was going 17,000 mph, it's amazing that the navy was able to hit it even though the missile was going 22,000 mph, just incredible. __________________ "...If nothing is everything, then I will have it all..."
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02.21.2008, 11:53 AM	#35
floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	not so much. aegis cruisers are floating ballastics computers. just sayin'.
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02.21.2008, 12:42 PM	#37
tesla69 Banned Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 4,055	Supposedly there have been plenty of other falling satellites with fuel but the pentagon didn't need to shoot them down. I think this is a response to the Chinese action of last year and a test of our space weaponry. If we were to engage China in a war, say over Taiwan, I suspect the satellites will be one of the first targets. They're sitting ducks, they just happen to be sitting in space revolving in predictable orbits.
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02.21.2008, 12:43 PM	#38
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	the fuel is toxic, but so is nearly everything that nuclear submarines dump into th deep oceans. the technology was the crucial part I think. and there is nothing wrong with that at all. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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02.21.2008, 12:50 PM	#40
m1rr0r dash invito al cielo Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: atari Posts: 2,228	if you were a robot, where would you hide yr 2029 AI tech? __________________
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