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Originally posted by Imagir
reply to post by ngchunter
To make a test of New intercontinental missile is a thing very very serious one and the Russians have safety procedures of higher degree and very very elevating.
Even a single little one error in these procedures can provoke the failure of a cost plan billions of dollars, ten years of searches, diplomatic or military repercussions and consequences of enormous capacity...
Then, Some rules if indeed you have the necessity to test your new SLBM (ICBM) missile. First of all, you ignite the fuse and escapes and after, if you do not want to make to burst a third atomic conflict:
You cannot make the test of a missile over an other Country.
You cannot make the test of a missile above a Country of the NATO.
If you lose the control of the missile you must self-destroy it within the borders of your Country.
If you lose the control of the missile you must absolutely recover wreckages (all the wreckages) within least time.
If you make the test of a missile over an other Country, this is a deliberated threat.
If you make the test over a country of the NATO, you risks an immediate act of retaliation.
THERE IS NO MISSILE....... SOMETHING ELSE BUT NOT RUSSIAN MISSILE!
A friendly advice to the supporters of the "Rocket Theory": you must hold the children far from fireworks next christmas because you have no idea what mean a test of an ICBM!
Originally posted by FORMe2p00p0n
reply to post by JimOberg
I do get what you are saying, but the rate of the spiral expansion seemed slow.... until the end. Only an explanation of compressed air leaving the projectile at the end could explain that kind of (quick) dispersion from the center, outward.
Next 4th of july, someone should experiment with the rose type and/or pinwheel type fireworks... and film the result to determine whether dispersion from center can happen that fast....
Originally posted by Cydonia2012
For the Spiral to be over Russian soil and seen all the way in western Norway, Trøndelag more precisely is a bit far fetched. Lets say it is so but then wouldnt the same spiral been visible in other cities throughout the Scandinavian peninsula like Stockholm, Oslo, even Helsinki and cities in Russia like St.Petersburg, and in Estonia and Latvia? I don't see any reports that this Spiral was visible in any other city/town in that general area! Keep in mind that all those towns and cities I mentioned in Scandinavia are closer to the Russian border than than Trøndelag Norway. Also the Russian cities and towns should have seen it too! I call bogus.... !
[edit on 18-12-2009 by Cydonia2012]
Originally posted by TallWhites
Noper, its possible. The Space Shuttle launch can be seen from Martha's Vineyard. Vaguely, but it can be seen
Originally posted by Maybe...maybe not
The visual differences can be accounted for via the poor contrast resolution in the poor quality videos of this event.
Originally posted by bsbray11
I understand that they spiral, but the gases they release don't look ANYTHING like that.
Originally posted by bsbray11
reply to post by ngchunter
Post a video of a rocket failing and spiraling around.
You will notice that the gas that comes out of it rapidly expands, and does not have a smooth appearance to it at all, because it is trying to expand in all directions at once.
This is because it's a gas that's of higher temperature than the surrounding atmosphere, therefore it tries to reach an equilibrium with the surrounding atmosphere by expanding outwards into it.
Originally posted by ngchunter
This rocket was not in an atmosphere when it failed, there's no temperature around it at all because there's no atmosphere to speak of at ~160km altitude and rising (the altitude the rocket was at at the moment of third stage ignition).
Originally posted by kozmo
Definitely not a rocket in my opinion. Interestingly enough, I found This blog article about a similar event seen in China. However, since I do not speak Mandarin, I cannot tell if they are discussing the same phenoma seen in Norway or if this is one of their own.
Anyway, I was thinking about this and recall a message from our old friend, Dark Kn1ght. I am beginning to wonder if these sightings are the holographic projects that he said would be coming. What do you guys think?
Originally posted by bsbray11
That's total bull man. You can measure temperature in space.
What you MEAN to say is that the atmosphere is less dense where the rocket exploded.
Which is even more reason for those gases to expand.
Even if it were in the complete vacuum of space, yes, it would still expand. That's why astronauts can't open their suits or they'll be "sucked" out.
There is no avoiding it, this is real physics. I am an engineering student, so I would love to see you back up what you say with sources.
The only place it would NOT expand
Originally posted by kecochra
It would be cool to think it was a UFO
Unfortunaltely is was a Clunky Russian Missile misfire...Cant get that junk second stage Topol to work right
....you can see the contrail in the video to the right of screen
Why the hell would Aliens want to open up a space portal over Norway of all places???
Sorry to ruin all the fun...Darn