Gosh, I hope it didn't hit a moose,
Or Laz's sister.
Posted on 03/08/2005 5:16:33 PM PST by Chena
The internationally recognized "territoritorial limit" is twelve miles, or about 63,000 feet. Even passing through another nations "sovereign space" is covered by longstanding "innocent passage" principles which this nation has NEVER surrendered (witness the multiple incidents in the Gulf of Sidra).
The failure of this sounding rocket happened at "18 miles," which is well outside Canadian sovereignty, so tough noughies.
If any of the wreckage happened to fall on Canadian property then there is well established international salvage law, mostly dealing with THEIR responsibilities to the owners of the property (as well as LIMITED liability in case of damage to property).
They wanna play games with us? We got several centuries of precedents to shove down their throats!
To misquote Robin Williams in Hook: "Don't mess with me MAN, I've met a lawyer!"
"Any chance it landed on Canuckistan?"
heh heh heh heh...... If it had they'd be screaming today about WANTING a rocket shield.
That's tough, let me tell you. I wonder what the payload was, though to be a scheduled 40 minute flight on the BB XII? We're hoping to get seven minutes on a Terrier/Black Brant IX out of White Sands in 2006...
Gosh, I hope it didn't hit a moose,
Or Laz's sister.
I see by your profile that you live in Alaska.
What is the best time of the year see the Northern lights?
I live in Michigan, may go up to Alaska (plane flight) once to see it up there...
They usually announce a time period for these launches, but never specific. The launches are visible from Fairbanks if you happen to be looking that direction at the time. It seems like they have a large number of failures, probably because they use old sounding rockets.
IMO, the best time for seeing the Aurora is during the winter and early spring. They are gorgeous from December to March when nights are longest, and the skies are clearer. I've seen gorgeous displays in the fall as well, when the nights get dark again. Here are a couple of websites that have useful information, including the Auroral forecast.
People visit Alaska from all over the world during the winter months in hopes of witnessing the beauty of the lights. Unfortunately, predicting the lights is another thing. I think they can only accurately predict them a couple of days in advance.
http://fairbanks-alaska.com/northern-lights-alaska.htm
http://www.gi.alaska.edu/cgi-bin/predict.cgi
Jan Curtis has been taking pictures of the Aurora for years and his website has gorgeous pictures of the lights.
http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/Curtis/aurora/aurora.html
http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/Curtis/photo_jc.jpg
Thanks for the nfo!
Thanks for the info!
Really! I know some who have worked there and have been there several times, but not in the past few years.
You're very welcome. :) I tried to post a picture of the lights in that last response to you but I failed yet again. I received some advice on a thread on how to do it, and today I practiced. I finally did it! It was so easy that I'm embarrassed to say it took me this long to get it right. Anyhow, that's why that "jpeg" link turned out only as a "link" and not the actual picture.
I tell ya, when the lights are out it's hard to stop watching. They are so beautiful, and when they're really dancing....well, you just can't walk out on a great performance. :)
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