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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: centurion316

He paid for the farm from the settlement of the last space junk that landed there.


41 posted on 10/27/2019 11:07:40 AM PDT by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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To: Cvengr

Has he painted the roof of his barn: Space Junk , Land Here. Lemonade and Homemade Pie?


42 posted on 10/27/2019 11:10:23 AM PDT by centurion316
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To: RandallFlagg
[Isn’t this how The Andromeda Strain started? When the object was tinkered with, it instantly turned everyone’s blood into powder.]

Nobody's checking My butt for lividity.


43 posted on 10/27/2019 11:21:10 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: centurion316

Thanks. Didn’t know that. We weren’t around young horses and stallions when my daughter was riding.


44 posted on 10/27/2019 11:35:11 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I see that type of fencing here in IN quite a bit. For both cattle and horses.

The nicer horse farms use all wooden slat, but those take a lot of upkeep


45 posted on 10/27/2019 11:44:35 AM PDT by digger48
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To: PLMerite
Nobody's checking My butt for lividity.

ROTFLMAO!!!
46 posted on 10/27/2019 11:57:41 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Didn’t satellites used to parachute film back to earth?


47 posted on 10/27/2019 12:11:55 PM PDT by fso301
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To: BobL

Impressive choice of materials.

From my perspective, it appears they went to Home Depot for thin-wall conduit(?) and misc parts?

Why legs and feet?
For a balloon launch, plastic milk crates and nothing more.

Probably crashed due too overweight.


48 posted on 10/27/2019 12:21:34 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Not to mention that it’s hard to make it into space riding a balloon. You can get pretty high up, but not above the atmosphere (i.e., into space)...at least that was the case before the Left got a hold of physics books.


49 posted on 10/27/2019 12:26:46 PM 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: digger48

No need to send a submarine with a mysterious British guy and his Russian pal.


50 posted on 10/27/2019 12:29:01 PM PDT by wally_bert (Hola. Me llamo Inspector Carlton Lassiter. Me gusta queso.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
And there is the truth about "satellites".
They're actually balloons and always have been.


Inflation Tests of the Echo 1 Satellite in Weeksville, N.C.

The Odyssey of Project Echo

Try and find an actual picture of a satellite and not some 'rendering' or CGI creation.

Sat phones or Sat TV? Why are cell towers needed then?
Why are dishes pointed towards the nearest tower instead of straight up?
Things that make you go...Hmmmmm.

51 posted on 10/27/2019 12:36:20 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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When I was a kid, we used to watch the Echo scroll across the early evening sky.

TELSTAR!!!!!!!
The Ventures!!!
My misspent youth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctWv7SV8y94


52 posted on 10/27/2019 1:02:58 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: fso301
Didn’t satellites used to parachute film back to earth?

Yes, the Corona spysats did that. I just toured the National Air and Space Museum in Washingon, DC and they have a fantastic exhibit on the development of aerial spy photography from the U2 to the SR-71 to spy satellites. The film path on the Corona satellites was so complex I'm surprised it operated reliably.


53 posted on 10/27/2019 1:03:02 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

And do not overlook the famous ROCKOON!!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockoon


54 posted on 10/27/2019 1:09:39 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Balloon Boy finally landed! It’s a Christmas miracle!


55 posted on 10/27/2019 1:13:19 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: SunkenCiv

*ping*


56 posted on 10/27/2019 3:23:35 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Who will think of the gerbils ? Just say no to Buttgiggity !)
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So *that's* what the noise was. Knocked over the outhouse. Thanks fieldmarshaldj.

57 posted on 10/27/2019 4:10:43 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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