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S.F. man's astounding photo Mysterious purple streak is shown hitting Columbia
San Fran Chronicle ^
| February 5, 2003
| Sabin Russell
Posted on 02/05/2003 2:32:26 AM PST by KneelBeforeZod
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:41:48 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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To: KneelBeforeZod
I keep hearing about this story. Where is the damn picture?
To: COBOL2Java
Sprites...?
I knew there was a reason why I didn't Like Coke Products....
62
posted on
02/05/2003 5:06:42 PM PST
by
LiveFreeOrDie2001
(Justice will be served, and the battle will rage, this BIG DOG will fight when you rattle it's cage.)
To: KneelBeforeZod
interesting...
63
posted on
02/05/2003 6:41:17 PM PST
by
yonif
To: fella
How about a high powered beam of some sort, such as a lazer? Would it ionize the air about it to cause a glow?I'm no expert by any stretch, but to track something flying that fast and that high up and shot it down would seem beyond anybodies abilities.
64
posted on
02/05/2003 7:22:35 PM PST
by
JZoback
To: KneelBeforeZod
hm... And here I was just about to post a pool / poll for how long it would be before the DU morons start speculating that Bush had ordered the Columbia shot down in order to "divert attention" from their "burgeoning anti-War majority." With this, I'd say it's sure to have already happened.
To: Rain-maker
You saved me a repetitive post. It could be something like that. Also called chromatic aberration I think. It isn't only on the Nikon; it's fairly common on several makes of digital cameras.
It could also be something else. I hope the public gets to see the photo.
66
posted on
02/05/2003 7:34:49 PM PST
by
Aliska
To: Sabertooth
Thanks for the info, but one of the most convincing arguments I've read so far regarding the space shuttle disaster was "due to detachment of some of its crucial belly tiles, then -- whether this was actually due to impact by a lightweight piece of debris from the external tank during launch or not -- it indicates that the Shuttle's entire reentry thermal protection system was incredibly fragile, and always has been."
In other words, the possibility exists that this "tragedy will turn out to be due to excessive economizing on Shuttle maintenance and safety programs -- economizing which was criticized, explicitly and at length, by both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees last year -- in order to make it possible to continue funding the Space Station, even in some kind of barely scientifically usable form."
To: Sabertooth
68
posted on
02/05/2003 8:01:22 PM PST
by
jwalsh07
(Senator Kennedy ain't Irish either, he's a Frenchy.)
To: KneelBeforeZod
bump
69
posted on
02/05/2003 8:19:53 PM PST
by
GOPJ
To: Sabertooth
Thanks for the ping...
70
posted on
02/05/2003 8:22:37 PM PST
by
GOPJ
To: Victoria Delsoul
Your correct the damage control is coming!
71
posted on
02/05/2003 9:08:12 PM PST
by
TLBSHOW
(God Speed as Angels trending upward dare to fly Tribute to the Risk Takers)
To: Victoria Delsoul
Disaster due to---???
I don't know if this has been addressed yet by any of you guy's. What if the shuttle disaster was caused by some science experiment gone bad...
I mean, what do we know about what they were doing up there? Taking pictures of the atmosphere, growing prostate cancer cells, I saw a picture of some type of small (electrical)generator displayed by the astronauts. Could something they were working on, that we don't know about,have contributed to this disaster?
72
posted on
02/05/2003 9:38:06 PM PST
by
juzcuz
To: Rain-maker
I sent the info that rain maker posted in #12 to the reporter.
(s?)he said: "yes. i am aware of this. it could be a factor inthe coloration, but not the image structure itself. there could be other explanations for that, including, as i mentioned, a slight jiggling of the camera. I have no way of evaluating this reasonably. Presumably, photographic experts will sort it out. SR"
To: fightinJAG
He's not willing to release it UNTIL NASA has had a chance to thoroughly review it. Standard Ops during an on-going investigation.LOL, baloney.
To: Sabertooth
Thanks for the ping!
Sounds like something fishy with the camera!
75
posted on
02/05/2003 10:48:45 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(Impeach Gray Davis! (Disregard for now - he is still useful;) OK Recall him!)
To: KneelBeforeZod; DoughtyOne
Interesting. Did you see this, Doughty One?
From Ez's post on this thread:
"Military specialists in Beijing, adds Tai Yang Bao, believe production of the high-tech weapons will begin soon. The new weapons will include supersonic bombers, extra-long-range modified anti-warship missiles, sky-wave and ground-wave over-the-horizon radars, as well as tactical air defense laser weapons and shore-to-warship laser cannon weapons."
Maybe my tinfoil hat was not on too tight after all.
To: fella
How about a high powered beam of some sort, such as a lazer? Not a chance. Too high and too fast and no one with enough motivation to do it.
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posted on
02/06/2003 5:00:26 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(Will Code COBOL For Food)
To: Freedom'sWorthIt
Take it off. Just because the Chinese are working on it doesn't mean they have the a) ability b) the skill and c) the range. It was an accident.
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posted on
02/06/2003 5:03:02 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(Will Code COBOL For Food)
To: Freedom'sWorthIt
in a related event...some FReeper (or lurker) sent George Noory (art bells replacement) that "ZOT" picture (from Caddyshack?)
So Noory posted it with this caption
"A reader emailed George (2/5/03): "This (picture) is posted on this website(link). It is purported to be THE picture that NASA is analyzing from the amateur astronomer in California that has yet to be released."
the link goes to another FR thread...
To: AppyPappy
Hi, there. China is an enemy of this country. Motivation? What was their motivation in pouring millions into the pockets of the Clintons' campaign coffers? What was their motivation in downing our "spy plane"? What is their motivation in moving their forces closer and more offensively towards Taiwan? What is these Chinese Generals' motivation in what THEY are saying - not what the Chinese Government "leaders" say?
China is assisting our enemies all over the world - in South America, in Cuba, in North Korea, in Pakistan, in Islamic extremist groups/nations - and most certainly - in Iraq.
It's called thinking outside the box, AP. We have a declared enemy this country working on technologies that we may or may not know fully about. What would be the risk to them to "test" these technologies on an American (avowed enemy of China's friends) Space Shuttle mission on which an Israeli (avowed enemy of China's friends)????
Again - thinking outside the box rather than assuming "accident". It is the NASA people who have said it was not the foam insulation causing this accident. They have said: "There must be another cause". They are, therefore, looking for other causes. In a time of war, why is it so bizarre to consider the possibility that avowed enemies (Chinese military) of our country MIGHT have developed something we do not know all about yet?
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