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Space station robotic arm hit by orbital debris in 'lucky strike'
Space.com ^
| May 31, 2021
| By Elizabeth Howell
Posted on 05/31/2021 7:43:39 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
05/31/2021 7:43:39 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
The strikes on observation, communications and positioning satellites in the next war won’t be “random” events.
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posted on
05/31/2021 7:47:43 AM PDT
by
allendale
To: BenLurkin
Hoovering up space debris might be a good mission at some point.
To: BenLurkin
Got this on a shelf at home
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posted on
05/31/2021 7:52:49 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/31/2021 7:56:18 AM PDT
by
Libloather
(Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
To: BenLurkin
Orbiting crews have seen holes in space station solar arrays before, such as a "bullet hole" that Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield tweeted about during his last mission in 2012-13. "Bullet hole — a small stone from the universe went through our solar array," Hadfield wrote in April 2013, suspecting the hole was caused by a tiny space rock called a micrometeoroid. The horrible bias by this author is badly tempered by the single citation of a prior event above with an ironic quotation which followed:
"Glad it missed the hull."
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posted on
05/31/2021 7:56:18 AM PDT
by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
To: enumerated
Target practice for uocoming high energy anti-satellite and defensive armament, vaporizing them.
Wonder if they will make the Pew, Pew sound like Star Wars?
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posted on
05/31/2021 7:58:31 AM PDT
by
epluribus_2
(He, had the best mom - ever.)
To: enumerated
Hoovering up space debris might be a good mission at some point.This is a job for Adam Quark.
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posted on
05/31/2021 8:01:20 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(Where do comic book heroes and villains get their doctorates?)
To: PIF
pre-war, before Lucky Strike went to war and stopped using the green
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posted on
05/31/2021 8:34:25 AM PDT
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/31/2021 8:43:31 AM PDT
by
corkoman
To: corkoman
They’re smoking Lucky Strikes and wearing nylons too.
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posted on
05/31/2021 8:46:18 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/31/2021 8:53:08 AM PDT
by
TheDon
(Resist the usurpers)
To: BenLurkin
You mean “Loose straps mean flabby t****s”?
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posted on
05/31/2021 8:57:34 AM PDT
by
Texaspeptoman
(Even cannibals... get fed up with people sometimes.)
To: Chode
pre-war, before Lucky Strike went to war and stopped using the green
—
yew but worth more
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posted on
05/31/2021 9:16:56 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: BenLurkin; All
They announce no serious damage to the arm without pulling back the insulation to take a look. That thing looks like it was drilled with a 50 cal. Bet that arm is shattered.
OK I just invented class IV+ bulletproof soft boom/armor insulation. How much you need NASA?
SS1
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posted on
05/31/2021 9:22:08 AM PDT
by
Spitzensparkin1
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To: Spitzensparkin1
We pay these aerospace engineering people big $$$ and they couldn’t figure this out??? Probably couldn’t change a flat in the rain either, sheesh. Engineers today.
But they have high self esteem.
SS1
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05/31/2021 9:29:00 AM PDT
by
Spitzensparkin1
(Donate often, it is our FReeping ammo. Keep the supply train rollin', become a monthly donor. )
To: PIF
100%
iirc their slogan, other than LS/MFT, was Lucky Strike Green goes to war or some such
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posted on
05/31/2021 10:02:21 AM PDT
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
To: TheDon
(Putting my AR-15 away and doing my best “Bart Simpson” impression...)
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posted on
05/31/2021 10:26:31 AM PDT
by
Tallguy
To: Chode
Luck’s were in during my town hoodlum days
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posted on
05/31/2021 11:48:37 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: Tallguy
Hmmm....Chicom taikonauts taking pot shots at the ISS did cross my mind.
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posted on
05/31/2021 12:14:46 PM PDT
by
TheDon
(Resist the usurpers)
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