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  1. threeven threeven is offline

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    Nov 14th, 2011 (11/14/2011 7:45pm)

    Just amazing

    http://vimeo.com/32001208


    edit: embed fail I guess, but click the link it is worth the watch imo
    Edited By: threeven Nov 14th, 2011 at 07:46 PM
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    Nov 14th, 2011 (11/14/2011 7:51pm) in reply to threeven

    pretty cool
     
  3. Glo4m Glo4m is offline Confess to me

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    Nov 14th, 2011 (11/14/2011 7:54pm) in reply to quietwinner

    pretty unreal
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    Nov 14th, 2011 (11/14/2011 8:03pm) in reply to Glo4m

    nice I can see my house
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    Nov 14th, 2011 (11/14/2011 8:03pm) in reply to Arnisss

    wow
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    Nov 14th, 2011 (11/14/2011 8:24pm) in reply to Stockage

    this is awesome, if you dont think this is cool something is wrong with you.
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    Nov 14th, 2011 (11/14/2011 8:28pm) in reply to mackieinva

    Looks fake.
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    Nov 14th, 2011 (11/14/2011 8:31pm) in reply to SmokeyCasinos

    sweeeeeeeeeet
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    Nov 14th, 2011 (11/14/2011 8:33pm) in reply to shanetrain22

    Wow that's really cool.

    Questions for Rocket Surgeon most likely: How often to satellites crash into each other? When launching them do they just take into consideration the orbits of every single satellite in space and calculate from there? Does every country share data about launches to avoid these disasters?
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    Nov 14th, 2011 (11/14/2011 8:37pm) in reply to Z-Fresh

    the lightning looks crazy from above
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    Nov 14th, 2011 (11/14/2011 8:45pm) in reply to MattAKA

     
    Originally Posted by MattAKA View Post

    the lightning looks crazy from above

    Yeah I wonder if this scares away aliens. If I'm an alien I would probably steer clear if I saw all those bolts as I was nearing
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    Nov 14th, 2011 (11/14/2011 8:50pm) in reply to coolhandkev

    daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam!
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    Nov 14th, 2011 (11/14/2011 8:51pm) in reply to Z-Fresh

     
    Originally Posted by Z-Fresh View Post

    Wow that's really cool.

    Questions for Rocket Surgeon most likely: How often to satellites crash into each other? When launching them do they just take into consideration the orbits of every single satellite in space and calculate from there? Does every country share data about launches to avoid these disasters?

    not too many countries have the ability to put stuff into orbit. We track space junk on our own for years now
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    Nov 14th, 2011 (11/14/2011 8:51pm) in reply to xxbossmanxx

    The soundtrack makes me want to rip my ears off.
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    Nov 14th, 2011 (11/14/2011 9:46pm) in reply to Z-Fresh

     
    Originally Posted by Z-Fresh View Post

    Wow that's really cool.

    Questions for Rocket Surgeon most likely: How often to satellites crash into each other? When launching them do they just take into consideration the orbits of every single satellite in space and calculate from there? Does every country share data about launches to avoid these disasters?

    Other satellites are taken into consideration when they're planning orbits, but it's not a huge deal. You have to remember that the space (no pun) up there is HUGE. Imagine a few thousand cars circling the earth on the surface... not very congested. Now imagine that the radius of the earth gets even bigger and you've got a lot more space.

    However, it's not all as spread out as it seems. There are good reasons why many satellites are in the same orbit (trying to be over the same geography, for example). When these satellites become old and/or non-functional, they drift from their orbits and basically become an obstacle. There are now many obstacles up there and it is getting a bit too congested for most people's tastes. Even if the chances of a collision are incredible low, the consequences are financially and programatically disastrous. These are billion+ dollar decade long programs that can be wiped out in an instant. In 2009 two satellites collided. Following this event there was a big push for international cooperation on an ATC-like organization for space.
    Edited By: Rocket Surgeon Nov 14th, 2011 at 09:56 PM
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    Nov 14th, 2011 (11/14/2011 9:52pm) in reply to threeven

    Baaaaaaaaa!

    Wake up you fools! That's obv faked...
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    Nov 14th, 2011 (11/14/2011 9:54pm) in reply to norcaljeff

    Wtf was that ball of light hauling ass across the sky?
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    Nov 14th, 2011 (11/14/2011 9:56pm) in reply to Rocket Surgeon

     
    Originally Posted by Rocket Surgeon View Post

    Other satellites are taken into consideration when they're planning orbits, but it's not a huge deal. You have to remember that the space (no pun) up there is HUGE. Imagine a few thousand cars circling the earth on the surface... not very congested. Now imagine that the radius of the earth gets even bigger and you've got a lot more space.

    However, it's not all as spread out as it seems. There are good reasons why many satellites are in the same orbit. When these satellites become old and/or non-functional, they drift from their orbits and basically become an obstacle. There are now many obstacles up there and it is getting a bit too congested for most people's tastes. Even if the chances of a collision are incredible low, the consequences are financially and programatically disastrous. These are billion+ dollar decade long programs that can be wiped out in an instant. In 2009 two satellites collided. Following this even there was a big push for international cooperation on an ATC-like organization for space.

    So is there a plan to weed out the congestion?
  19. Rocket Surgeon Rocket Surgeon is offline & brain scientist

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    Nov 14th, 2011 (11/14/2011 9:59pm) in reply to Z-Fresh

    Nope, not at all. There's no real way to "get them down." They naturally burn up in the atmosphere, but the problem is that with the increasing amount of objects and the increasing amount of old/non-function objects, there's bound to be another 2009-like collision some day.

    Typically they are now designed to fail/get old w/ some onboard fuel left over so that in the case of an emergency engineers on the ground can maneuver the satellite away from danger.

    There really needs to be more international coordination, but this is obviously a very difficult problem.
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    Nov 14th, 2011 (11/14/2011 10:16pm) in reply to Rocket Surgeon

    Really incredible vid, thanks for posting
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    Nov 14th, 2011 (11/14/2011 10:23pm) in reply to Rocket Surgeon

     
    Originally Posted by Rocket Surgeon View Post

    Nope, not at all. There's no real way to "get them down." They naturally burn up in the atmosphere, but the problem is that with the increasing amount of objects and the increasing amount of old/non-function objects, there's bound to be another 2009-like collision some day.

    Typically they are now designed to fail/get old w/ some onboard fuel left over so that in the case of an emergency engineers on the ground can maneuver the satellite away from danger.

    There really needs to be more international coordination, but this is obviously a very difficult problem.

    Cool. Thanks for the explanation Rocket! Much appreciated.
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    Nov 14th, 2011 (11/14/2011 10:47pm) in reply to TheWacoKidd

    at the risk of sounding like a moron, what is that green glow? the southern/northern lights?
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    Nov 14th, 2011 (11/14/2011 10:54pm) in reply to TheWacoKidd

     
    Originally Posted by TheWacoKidd View Post

    at the risk of sounding like a moron, what is that green glow? the southern/northern lights?

    yeah, aurora borealis and australis
    Edited By: SlayNL Nov 14th, 2011 at 10:55 PM
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    Nov 14th, 2011 (11/14/2011 11:04pm) in reply to Rocket Surgeon

    RS, can you post the list you had in the repost thread? Thx in advance.
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