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Unity_99
I believe Ison is a female, though she looks currently like a sperm.edit on 18-11-2013 by Unity_99 because: (no reason given)
zilebeliveunknown
Unity_99
I believe Ison is a female, though she looks currently like a sperm.edit on 18-11-2013 by Unity_99 because: (no reason given)
If ISON turned out to be a male, does this mean that Earth is going to be raped?
Apart from the obviously doomporn, is this true? I mean is it really that rare to see so many comet's passing by at once?
September 03, 2013. The Space Fence — also known by its formal name, the Air Force Space Surveillance System consists of three transmitters and six receivers that stretch across the southern U.S., using radio waves to paint a picture of a slice of space. The items it detected ranged from satellites and debris to meteors.
"The final satellite I captured an RF reflection from was the Meteor Priroda," says Mike Coletta of SatWatch, "which went over the transmitter site at approx 0000 hrs UTC [on Sept. 1], and there have been no more reflections since that time."
Shutting down the system will save around $14 million annually, the Air Force Command said the last month. The agency hopes to install a new version of the fence using technology that it says will be more accurate.
News of a pending shutdown came last month after an Air Force memo came to light. That led to criticism from experts who say the fence should not be shut down before a new system is in place.
Under current projections, a new U.S. space fence system is expected to be operational in 2017. According to military contractor, Lockheed Martin, the new system will be built in the Marshall Islands at an estimated price of $1.9 billion over seven years.
Senduko
Apart from the obviously doomporn, is this true? I mean is it really that rare to see so many comet's passing by at once?
Even though in universe years 30.000 years is a blink lol.
hurdygurdy
With all the newly discovered comets this year I'm perplexed as to why the Space Fence was shut down in September in order to save a measly 14M a year. I mean, it's all play money anyway, right?
The Space Fence — also known by its formal name, the Air Force Space Surveillance System consists of three transmitters and six receivers that stretch across the southern U.S., using radio waves to paint a picture of a slice of space. The items it detected ranged from satellites and debris to meteors.
"The final satellite I captured an RF reflection from was the Meteor Priroda," says Mike Coletta of SatWatch, "which went over the transmitter site at approx 0000 hrs UTC [on Sept. 1], and there have been no more reflections since that time." Shutting down the system will save around $14 million annually, the last month. The agency hopes to install a new version of the fence using technology that it says will be more accurate.
Under current projections, a new U.S. space fence system is expected to be operational in 2017. According to military contractor, Lockheed Martin, the new system will be built in the Marshall Islands at an estimated price of $1.9 billion over seven years.
U.S. 'Space Fence' Radar System Goes Silent, After 50 Years