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Somebody is in real trouble. EELV, literally "the gang that couldn't shoot straight."
1 posted on 06/16/2007 1:38:53 AM PDT by anymouse
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Our plan is coming together.

2 posted on 06/16/2007 1:50:32 AM PDT by anymouse
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Good thing this isn’t top secret.


3 posted on 06/16/2007 1:54:06 AM PDT by D-fendr
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Are you Jimmy Breslin?


5 posted on 06/16/2007 2:10:29 AM PDT by Nitro (A)
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ALLAH did it, this has ALLAH's fingerprints all over it, ALLAH p3wned all infidel satellites
6 posted on 06/16/2007 2:42:26 AM PDT by greedo
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The Russians used to fly into Washington on Aeroflot, and fly back to Moscow while translating Aviation Week magazine.
7 posted on 06/16/2007 3:26:23 AM PDT by Does so
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It wasn't the pre-flight inspectors fault.


8 posted on 06/16/2007 4:18:21 AM PDT by diverteach
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I for one, think it is very cool that National Review Online has its own spy satellite.


9 posted on 06/16/2007 4:20:17 AM PDT by sittnick (There is no salvation in politics.)
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"The Atlas V people have a lot of explaining to do," the official said on background.

Not half as much as the NRO official or contractor who leaked the status of a Top Secret mission. I'm sure our enemies will also be curious about the status of these satellites.

10 posted on 06/16/2007 4:51:35 AM PDT by burzum (None shall see me, though my battlecry may give me away -Minsc)
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Two top secret National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) ocean surveillance spacecraft were fired into the wrong orbit June 15 ... "The Atlas V people have a lot of explaining to do," the official said on background.

Lighten up Frances, it's not like it's Rocket Science.

Oh, wait a sec......


11 posted on 06/16/2007 4:53:44 AM PDT by Condor51 (Rudy makes John Kerry look like a Right Wing 'Gun Nut' Extremist)
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Considering who the client is, our adversaries (and some of our friends) probably believe this is all disinformation.


12 posted on 06/16/2007 4:59:48 AM PDT by leadpenny
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Two top secret National Reconnaissance Office...

Top secret my ass.

However, if there's even a SHRED of truth that this mission was indeed "top secret", then everybody involved in making this information public should be incarcerated.

14 posted on 06/16/2007 5:39:15 AM PDT by Recovering Hermit (There's another old saying Senator..."Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining.")
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Looks like Lockheed Martin is going to have to buff up their contributions to the DNC and key democrat candidates to help this one “go away” ...sigh


16 posted on 06/16/2007 5:47:28 AM PDT by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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Maybe if NASA would stop wasting their resources on Global Warming hysteria and try instead to focus on space they could begin to get it right again.


17 posted on 06/16/2007 7:00:35 AM PDT by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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The problem is well known to us SUV drivers ... the fuel pump shut off before the Air Force completely filled the Atlas V tank because they exceeded their credit card limit.
22 posted on 06/16/2007 7:06:57 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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I’m still flabberghasted that they sent up the Hubble telescope with a miscut mirror. Absoltuely un-friggin-believable.


25 posted on 06/16/2007 9:38:29 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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ROTFLOL!

Except that we are paying for this incompetence with our tax dollars. That ain't funny at all.

27 posted on 06/16/2007 9:42:18 AM PDT by LibKill ("RUDY GIULIANI" is just "HILLARY CLINTON" misspelled and wearing a dress.)
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The two spacecraft are critical to tracking ships that may conceal al Qaeda terrorists. The new spacecraft will also track Iranian and Chinese sea-based military operations.

Nope no connection here.
Free trade BUMP
29 posted on 06/16/2007 9:42:55 AM PDT by JamminJAY (This space for rent)
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The flight was the first NRO secret mission for the new Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle.

Well, there's your problem, we all know rockets require Intelligent Design.

35 posted on 06/16/2007 2:51:16 PM PDT by MediaMole
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It sounds like a cover story to me. Most likely the writer does not know what the planned orbit was supposed to be, since that would be part of the “Top Secret” mission.

Maybe the payload(s) are still in their transfer orbits?


36 posted on 06/16/2007 2:52:20 PM PDT by the lone wolf (Good Luck, and watch out for stobor.)
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