Mir Crashes Down Online

Fidelis

"It's 2 billion chances to 1 that you're going to get struck by this thing" estimated Col. Norman Black of the U.S. Space Command, the military division that tracks satellites.

Splashdown in the South Pacific is now expected on March 22 at about 1:20 a.m. EST. The final leg of the station's 15-year odyssey will begin roughly six hours before then.

"20:42 Mir landing to be broadcast over Internet"

Off the Irish Times webby, does anyone know when/where it can be viewed ?

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Nil Desperandum

Victor

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Fidelis:
"It's 2 billion chances to 1 that you're going to get struck by this thing" </font>

2 billion to 1 chance of hitting *me*. Six billion people. Doesn't seem as safe then.

OK maybe there isn't a real risk, but hey it is doing about a mile a second.....

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Lump

Are you sure its not 1 in 2 Billion chances in getting hit???

John

DrunkLeprachaun

Kali

anyone see that the "space fungi" growing on the spaceship when it crashs into the oceans could have pretty dramatic effects on the ecosystem? it being very much more resilient (sp?) and all to harsh conditions.

jes

hey wouldn't it kinda burn off during re-entry?

WhiteWashMan

ive seen the blob, i know what 'space fungi' can do....!

yossarin

watch them falling(by using your imagination):

http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/RealTime/JTrack/Spacecraft.html

The Jtrack says that MIR is still up though - its rocking to watch the satellites move across the sky.

Megatron

if you click on Mir is shows that it's losing alt. really quickly ....
and yes the site does rock .... pitty it doesn't show where hubble is !!!

*- Now where did i leave my air rifle ;P -*

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No !!!!! I will crush you with my Bare hands

smoke.me.a.kipper

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Megatron:
if you click on Mir is shows that it's losing alt. really quickly ....
and yes the site does rock .... pitty it doesn't show where hubble is !!!
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hubble is on it!! it's the HST (Hubble Space Telescope)

for the best coverage of the mir crash.... space.com have setup a page...

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/mir_fiery_finale_page.html

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adnans

i thought, since MIR was the first manned vessel floating above the earth for so many years, would have been salvaged and put into a museum so future generation can look and behold at our achievements.

crashing it into the oceans will finally show those dolphins whos the boss though.

adnans

Victor

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by adnans:
i thought, since MIR was the first manned vessel floating above the earth for so many years, would have been salvaged and put into a museum so future generation can look and behold at our achievements.</font>

ehhhh, won't it be radio active...... (not sure)

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by adnans:
crashing it into the oceans will finally show those dolphins whos the boss though. </font>

LOL

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Evil Phil

If you want to see MIR or the International Space Station (Alpha) or any number of man made orbiting thingies pass over head Nasa have kindly supplied the means to do so @:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/index.html

It is pretty easy to work out if, like me, you don't understand all of the maths.

Bard

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Lump:
Are you sure its not 1 in 2 Billion chances in getting hit???

John </font>

Correct me if I'm wrong but odds of 2 billion to one are the same as a one in 2 billion chance...

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Bard

Kali

havent taco bell rigged up a target for them to hit in the pacific?

and i cant for the life of me remember the url where i read that, could have been on the boards

satchmo

heheh I don't believe it, you're right.

Taco Bell has promised every American a free taco if the core of Mir hits a floating
40ft x 40ft target in the South Pacific. If it does hit, it would cost the company $10 million!

Chances?

Megatron

Burn baby burn !!!!!!
well it's gone ...
didn't stay up to see it splash down ....
any news footadge of it buring up ?

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No !!!!! I will crush you with my Bare hands

PhilipMarlowe

A wee .ram here... news report but shows a bit...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1123000/1123651.stm

Cake Fiend

Was watching all night on CNN live stream - caught a bit of videotape footage from Fiji - jaysus I wish I could have been there (6 giant lumps of glowing metal flying through the sky - looked like some l33+ CG effect from Deep Impact or something).