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Outer-Space Mysteries Capture the Web

PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2010 1:00 am
by patchz
This article is about a huge new star. Interesting yes, but the last paragraph is what prompted my post.

[quote]It wants to eat your satellite's brain
Finally, scientists have no idea how to stop a fully powered satellite that has gone rogue and is no longer accepting orders from earth. This so-called "zombie" satellite, known as Galaxy 15 (which carried the SyFy channel), continues along in the Earth's orbit

Re: Outer-Space Mysteries Capture the Web

PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2010 3:01 am
by expat
[quote]This article is about a huge new star. Interesting yes, but the last paragraph is what prompted my post.

[quote]It wants to eat your satellite's brain
Finally, scientists have no idea how to stop a fully powered satellite that has gone rogue and is no longer accepting orders from earth. This so-called "zombie" satellite, known as Galaxy 15 (which carried the SyFy channel), continues along in the Earth's orbit

Re: Outer-Space Mysteries Capture the Web

PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2010 6:04 am
by patchz
[quote][quote]This article is about a huge new star. Interesting yes, but the last paragraph is what prompted my post.

[quote]It wants to eat your satellite's brain
Finally, scientists have no idea how to stop a fully powered satellite that has gone rogue and is no longer accepting orders from earth. This so-called "zombie" satellite, known as Galaxy 15 (which carried the SyFy channel), continues along in the Earth's orbit

Re: Outer-Space Mysteries Capture the Web

PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2010 7:37 am
by RaptorF22
[quote][quote]This article is about a huge new star. Interesting yes, but the last paragraph is what prompted my post.

[quote]It wants to eat your satellite's brain
Finally, scientists have no idea how to stop a fully powered satellite that has gone rogue and is no longer accepting orders from earth. This so-called "zombie" satellite, known as Galaxy 15 (which carried the SyFy channel), continues along in the Earth's orbit

Re: Outer-Space Mysteries Capture the Web

PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2010 9:47 am
by expat
[quote][quote][quote]This article is about a huge new star. Interesting yes, but the last paragraph is what prompted my post.

[quote]It wants to eat your satellite's brain
Finally, scientists have no idea how to stop a fully powered satellite that has gone rogue and is no longer accepting orders from earth. This so-called "zombie" satellite, known as Galaxy 15 (which carried the SyFy channel), continues along in the Earth's orbit

Re: Outer-Space Mysteries Capture the Web

PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2010 12:17 pm
by specter177
That's because it doesn't exist anymore. It's USA 193, BTW.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA-193

Re: Outer-Space Mysteries Capture the Web

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2010 3:21 pm
by RaptorF22
That's because it doesn't exist anymore. It's USA 193, BTW.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA-193


Oops, that's why I couldn't find it!  :D

Re: Outer-Space Mysteries Capture the Web

PostPosted: Sun May 16, 2010 10:39 am
by KDSM
I think you mean the SM-3

ok I thought about it some more and now I  realize your talking about the sattilite that was destroyed by the SM-3 as opposed to the weapon to take down a sattilite. :(

Re: Outer-Space Mysteries Capture the Web

PostPosted: Sun May 16, 2010 8:46 pm
by RaptorF22
[quote]I think you mean the SM-3

ok I thought about it some more and now I