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Space contraption parachutes into Michigan couple’s backyard
mLIVE ^ | 26 oCT 2019 | Mark Torregrossa

Posted on 10/27/2019 9:09:38 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

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To: DUMBGRUNT

Isn’t this how The Andromeda Strain started?
When the object was tinkered with, it instantly turned everyone’s blood into powder.


21 posted on 10/27/2019 9:39:57 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
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To: null and void

It reminds of the weird lander that wound up on Gilligan’s Island and broadcast pictures to controllers in the US.


22 posted on 10/27/2019 9:42:05 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: CrazyIvan

In the background is one of those watering rigs that rolls around a central point.


23 posted on 10/27/2019 9:44:41 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: RandallFlagg

“When the object was tinkered with, it instantly turned everyone’s blood into powder.”

I hate it when that happens!


24 posted on 10/27/2019 9:44:54 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: Leaning Right

I love a Garand. Me and my boys had some. Till the boat accident


25 posted on 10/27/2019 9:48:05 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Paladin2

That’s what I thought, too. Those are the stoutest fence posts I’ve seen in a while. Who uses wood and not those spindly steel posts?


26 posted on 10/27/2019 9:52:55 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Raven Industries is headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD and has been manufacturing high altitude balloons for decades. Raven also was the pioneer in making hot air balloons.


27 posted on 10/27/2019 9:59:05 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher)
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To: null and void

Looks a bit like the one Gilligan found washed up on the beach of the lagoon

The professor could fix that


28 posted on 10/27/2019 10:00:32 AM PDT by digger48
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To: BradyLS

Dang. I knew I shoulda read all of the comments before posting

showing our age, I guess


29 posted on 10/27/2019 10:01:58 AM PDT by digger48
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Horse people do

that round riding arena gives that away


30 posted on 10/27/2019 10:03:02 AM PDT by digger48
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To: DUMBGRUNT
There’s a hobby called “High Altitude Balloon Photography” that gets small camera payloads over 100,000 feet for a small budget. Lots of universities have clubs. The payloads are a lot smaller than what is shown in this thread. The results are really spectacular, too.

Here’s a lightweight payload with four cameras...


31 posted on 10/27/2019 10:03:03 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

The fence lines are manicured to a “Tee”.

It looks great (and spendy).


32 posted on 10/27/2019 10:04:00 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Which part about falling onto MY property did you miss?

Oh this used to be yours? I have become quite attached to it the time we have spent together. It sought me out, you know.


33 posted on 10/27/2019 10:09:38 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true.... ~~ Donald J. Trump)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I can hardly wait to read the explanation of how a balloon lifts a payload into the vacuum of space?


34 posted on 10/27/2019 10:15:04 AM PDT by centurion316
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To: Paladin2

Not all farms raise plants. There’s horse farms, cattle farms etc....

Maybe you need to get out into the country a little more often


35 posted on 10/27/2019 10:15:13 AM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!!)
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To: Maskot

https://www.land.com/buying/difference-between-farm-and-ranch/


36 posted on 10/27/2019 10:17:51 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Impressive choice of materials. Everything that I’ve ever seen looks like burnt toast after re-entering from Space.

They must have some good quality stuff!


37 posted on 10/27/2019 10:28:00 AM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't te Don'tll anyone.)
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To: tet68
No, No It’s Swamp Gas😎
38 posted on 10/27/2019 10:38:21 AM PDT by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!A fraud,a hypocrite,a liar. I'm ,,! I a member of Congress)
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To: digger48

My daughter rides a lot and I’ve seen lots of rings, often steel like shown. But I’ve never seen four strands of wire held up on such stout posts. Maybe it’s a Michigan thing...not seen here in the West.


39 posted on 10/27/2019 10:54:52 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

This type of fence is useful for young horses and stallions. With sensible horses, a single walk around the perimeter will teach them to stay out of trouble.


40 posted on 10/27/2019 11:03:41 AM PDT by centurion316
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