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Originally posted by althea041724
Not to be a total and complete buzzkill, but here's the Wiki for Beryllium poisoning....
en.wikipedia.org...
Hmm... if this satellite ( or pertinent parts thereof) were to land in a city's water supply...shudder..
"Wormwood", anyone?
Originally posted by Eurisko2012
Maybe we can shoot it with a star wars missile.
Hundreds of tiny pieces instead of 1 giant spy satellite.
Maybe the Grays will help us out.
Remember when the space shuttle Columbia showered down
range over Texas? What a mess.
Originally posted by Eurisko2012
Maybe we can shoot it with a star wars missile.
Hundreds of tiny pieces instead of 1 giant spy satellite.
Maybe the Grays will help us out.
Remember when the space shuttle Columbia showered down
range over Texas? What a mess.
The U.S. military is developing contingency plans to deal with the possibility that a large spy satellite expected to fall to Earth in late February or early March could hit North America.
The size of the satellite suggests that some number of pieces will not burn up as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere and will hit the ground.
"As it looks like it might re-enter into the North American area," then the U.S. military along with the Homeland Security Department and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will either have to deal with the impact or assist Canadian or Mexican authorities.
A U.S. official confirmed that the spy satellite is designated by the military as US 193.
It was launched in December 2006 but almost immediately lost power and cannot be controlled. It carried a sophisticated and secret imaging sensor but the satellite's central computer failed shortly after launch.
www.federalnewsradio.com...
Air Force Gen. Victor "Gene" Renuart Jr., commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008, in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)