US launches giant, world-sucking octopus!
This is a bit amusing.
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Sam!!!!!!
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Sam... good catch
I'm glad you're back NY Times DAVID E. SANGER December 12, 2013 Obama Panel Said to Urge N.S.A. Curbs Quote:
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Thanks, guys! When I came across Mr. Octo-pussy, I couldn't resist - "Perfect for the Cellar gang!" thinks I.
Lamplighter's graphic is great. I think I'll design a T-Shirt using it. ;) |
At this point they give zero fucks about pretense. "Nothing is beyond our reach"
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good to see you Sam!! merry christmas!
on a different note, I haven't done my own independent research on this topic yet, but it smacks of The Onion. Seriously. "Nothing is beyond our reach." ? a giant globe-encircling octopus? it strains belief. But I will keep my mind open as I read further. either way, it is ... amazing. |
Howdy, Sam!
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Who do you think is a trusted source for Fox News? |
Poor tw; still thinks Fox News is the Enemy.
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PS Merry Christmas back at you! |
What if...
NSA management realizes, they can never monitor everything and everyone, so failure with all this world wide digital surveillance is their ultimate destiny. So for a $1,000 Personal Service contract and $25 worth of hardware store paints, they get an student intern to create a logo and have it painted atop a NASA rocket. All that is left is a world-wide press release about the launching. That logo is soooo intimidating to terrorists, the terrorists all decide to quit terrorizing and they all go back home. Then, NSA takes credit each year for keeping America safe... |
I think terrorists are the only ones who don't fear the NSA.
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NROL-39 is probably a radar imaging satellite for military reconnaissance. Part of a constellation of four to replace the aging Lacrosse satellites.
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TW, here's one description I found...
H+ Magazine By: Peter Rothman Published: December 9, 2013 NROL-39 Nothing is Beyond Our Reach Quote:
But then, all that gobbledegook may just be to intimidate the terrorists. ;) |
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This new satellite technology (10 by 10 by 10 centimeter cubes) permits students to launch space experiments. Launch costs are as low as $1000 or $2000 per cube. However all costs might be $30,000. Meaning cake sales can now finance space science. Telemetry and radio hardware is often based in consumer electronics; some Audrino based. One recent UK bird was STRaND-1 using a standard consumer smartphone (Google Nexus One). Using Android apps to perform experiments. Atlas payload was modified to deploy a cluster of CubeSats for anyone with a reasonable experiment and willing to pay for the launch. More interesting to the DoD are tiny satellites that cannot be tracked like the current array of larger DoD satellites. Lacrosse and other military birds can be observed and tracked even with a naked eye. These CubeSats are simply using what would otherwise be wasted energy by the launch vehicle. |
Sounds like so much space junk. More stuff to avoid.
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Just read me the damn news, I'll decide for myself what to think about it. |
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CubSats launched in LEO orbits would also fall and burn up months later. NROL-39 launch vehicle somehow would release CubSats in a lower orbit. Then continue on to deploy the military bird. CubSats should not remain as orbital garbage. But large numbers of booster rockets (even from 10 and 20 years ago) still remain in orbit. A recent international treaty now requires satellites to destructively return to earth at end of life. This treaty was inspired by a Chinese test that destroyed their own satellite intentionally creating a large orbiting debris field. |
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