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Offline Wretched Excess

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NASA's global warming satellite crashes moments after launch
« on: February 24, 2009, 09:07:13 AM »
sorry.  my bad.  I was cleaning the VRWC-satellite-****er-upper machine, and the damn thing went off.  :thatsright: :uhsure:

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NASA satellite crashes minutes after launch

 "We could not make orbit," NASA program manager John Brunschwyler said. "Initial indications are the vehicle did not have enough [force] to reach orbit and landed just short of Antarctica in the ocean."

"Certainly for the science community, it's a huge disappointment."

The satellite, which would have monitored greenhouse gases to study how they affect the Earth's climate, was launched on a rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 1:55 a.m. PT (4:55 a.m. ET).

But the payload fairing -- a clamshell-shaped structure that allows the satellite to travel through space -- failed to separate from the rocket, NASA officials said.

The weight of the fairing caused the rocket and the satellite to come crashing down to Earth about three minutes later.

A team of investigators will look into what caused the payload fairing to fail to separate.

The $273 million satellite, called the Orbiting Carbon Observatory, would have collected "precise global measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere" to help better forecast the changes in carbon dioxide "and the effect that these changes may have on the Earth's climate."

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Re: NASA's global warming satellite crashes moments after launch
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2009, 09:11:26 AM »
*shrugs*  It's only $300 million sitting at the bottom of the ocean.  Nothing big.
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Re: NASA's global warming satellite crashes moments after launch
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2009, 09:13:02 AM »
Quote from: djones520 on February 24, 2009, 09:11:26 AM
*shrugs*  It's only $300 million sitting at the bottom of the ocean.  Nothing big.

think of it as a new condo for the fishes.  and it was probably a waste of $300M before they ever built the thing.  ya know?
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Re: NASA's global warming satellite crashes moments after launch
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2009, 09:15:21 AM »
Quote from: Wretched Excess on February 24, 2009, 09:13:02 AM
and it was probably a waste of $300M before they ever built the thing.

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Re: NASA's global warming satellite crashes moments after launch
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2009, 09:27:24 AM »
I wonder what the carbon footprint of a failed satellite launch is?  :evillaugh:
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Re: NASA's global warming satellite crashes moments after launch
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2009, 10:31:02 AM »
DUmmies blaming some big cooperation causing the crash in 5 4 3 2 1...
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Re: NASA's global warming satellite crashes moments after launch
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2009, 10:58:01 AM »
Quote from: asdf2231 on February 24, 2009, 09:27:24 AM
I wonder what the carbon footprint of a failed satellite launch is?  :evillaugh:

I just hope and pray that it didn't damage any of that precious antarctic ice when it crashed down there.  that is all that stands between us and being flooded, baked, stormed, rained, and hurricaned out of existence.

it's important stuff, to say the least.

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Re: NASA's global warming satellite crashes moments after launch
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2009, 11:09:24 AM »
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But the payload fairing -- a clamshell-shaped structure that allows the satellite to travel through space -- failed to separate from the rocket, NASA officials said.

The weight of the fairing caused the rocket and the satellite to come crashing down to Earth about three minutes later.

A team of investigators will look into what caused the payload fairing to fail to separate.
Heh, I bet it was covered in ice.   :uhsure:
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Re: NASA's global warming satellite crashes moments after launch
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2009, 11:25:57 AM »
has The PresidentStar! been informed of this crisis?  we will need a couple of hundred billion bucks to bail out the satellite industry.
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Re: NASA's global warming satellite crashes moments after launch
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2009, 11:29:11 AM »
Quote from: Wretched Excess on February 24, 2009, 11:25:57 AM
has The PresidentStar! been informed of this crisis?  we will need a couple of hundred billion bucks to bail out the satellite industry.
Satellites are over his head.  :rimshot:
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Re: NASA's global warming satellite crashes moments after launch
« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2009, 12:28:44 PM »
"Initial indications are the vehicle did not have enough [force] to reach orbit and landed just short of Antarctica in the ocean." ....Obama has used up all the fuel in Air Force One "Certainly for the science community, it's a huge disappointment." ....but an extreme relief to Al Gore.
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Re: NASA's global warming satellite crashes moments after launch
« Reply #11 on: February 24, 2009, 04:06:58 PM »
Breaking news. The failed satellite will be repurposed for studying temperature variations in the ocean.  :uhsure:
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Re: NASA's global warming satellite crashes moments after launch
« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2009, 04:15:07 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on February 24, 2009, 04:06:58 PM
Breaking news. The failed satellite will be repurposed for studying temperature variations in the ocean.  :uhsure:

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Re: NASA's global warming satellite crashes moments after launch
« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2009, 06:01:56 PM »
I knew Biofuels wouldn't work in a launch vehicle and especially the recycled milk cartons for the instrument package
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Re: NASA's global warming satellite crashes moments after launch
« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2009, 07:49:38 PM »
Teh Rove will NOT be pleased. This satellite was intended for a very specific DUmmy control project!
Heads will roll!!

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Re: NASA's global warming satellite crashes moments after launch
« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2009, 08:03:13 PM »
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A team of investigators will look into what caused the payload fairing to fail to separate.
What else? Global warming.
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