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Originally posted by BIGPoJo
reply to post by JimOberg
I have given your response a great deal of thought. One thing that we forgot to bring to this discussion is the on board radar of the shuttle itself. There is also the question of the on board scopes. Considering your response, I have come to my own conclusion that leaves me with two possibilities. NASA is either exaggerating about their tracking capabilities or they are flat out lying. Considering the way that the military keeps things classified, even the most benign things, we can conclude that NASA is keeping secrets.
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This also brings me to another point. When China shot down that defunct satellite, NASA was tracking it. What did they show the public? That's right, a piece of crap CGI cartoon. Where are my HD videos of a rocket hitting a satellite that my tax dollars are paying for?
[snip] Does a science vessel need to be shrouded in secrecy? Stay classy NASA.
Without proof, you just dreamed it up.
Originally posted by BIGPoJo
reply to post by JimOberg
Without proof, you just dreamed it up.
I never asserted that they can view these objects using on-board radar or scopes, merely that it needed to be discussed. Also, to sit there and tell me we have no data on that Chinese collision is ignorant. If that was the case China could say it made a direct hit and just lie about it, how would NASA know?
NASA is either exaggerating about their tracking capabilities or they are flat out lying. Considering the way that the military keeps things classified, even the most benign things, we can conclude that NASA is keeping secrets.
Originally posted by BIGPoJo
reply to post by JimOberg
I will stand by my assertion that NASA does not give a straight answer when it comes to these types of events. Its always reported in the media as "NASA says lights were fireball" or "NASA says its just a meteor" when in fact NASA cannot even verify its own claims.
Their claims could easily be verified by cross checking NORADs data. Why they don't is beyond me.
This also raises the question. If NASA found something in orbit that appeared to be an intelligent unknown craft pacing them in orbit, would they tell anyone? What if the footage was leaked, would they spin it as shuttle "dandruff"?
I would like to see the policy on that type of situation.
Originally posted by BIGPoJo
reply to post by JimOberg
Are you implying that NASA does not keep secrets?
Originally posted by BIGPoJo
reply to post by JimOberg
Maybe you should review my posts before you lump me in with the "its an Alien ship" crowd.
Also, its sad when the stories that NASA tries to spin even have your PR team in disbelief.
The one fact you cannot dispute is that neither you or I have been in orbit.
The people who go into orbit are part of ***GASP*** DoD. You can pretend like space is not a competitive military theater when most people know it is for a fact.
To shrug these things off as "shuttle dander" without further investigation is just ridiculous.
So I will ask you the question directly Jim. If NASA encounters an unknown CRAFT (unknown, not alien) in our orbit that paces the shuttle, how will they proceed?
Originally posted by BIGPoJo
You make several assumptions about me in your post that are far from the truth. But I will bite.
First of all I was talking about our assets in orbit, not Russia's. Russia is far more open than NASA by a long shot, so lets not even go there.
I didn't know this thread was about STS-48 and 80...
Lastly, Aldrin did not report some things to HOUSTON because he was afraid of the mission being aborted. He could care less if he stirs up some UFO believers.
The one thing he did report to Houston, he actually asked where the booster was because he thought that could be what he was seeing even though it did not match its apparent shape.