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Principia Discordia => Techmology and Scientism => Topic started by: Triple Zero on January 15, 2012, 04:55:30 PM

Title: The PHOBOS-GRUNT thing that'll crash in the next couple of hours
Post by: Triple Zero on January 15, 2012, 04:55:30 PM
(for those that haven't followed this, see:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_FALLING_SPACECRAFT
http://www.space.com/14246-doomed-russian-mars-probe-crashing-soonh.html )

It's scheduled to crash between 5 minutes ago / 17:41 CET / 16:41 GMT / 11:41 EST and 4.5 hours from now / 22:05 CET / 21:05 GMT / 16:05 EST.

So I wanted to know, will it fall on my head or not?

Short answer: no because I live a few degrees further north of the max northernmost latitude of its trajectory.

But I wanted to know more! And what do you know, Wolfram|Alpha proved actually useful since you can just query it for the position of any satellite, did you know that?

Checkit:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=phobos-grunt+at+19:00pm

But of course that's all boring and complicated so I grabbed the images and put them in an animated gif, LIKE THIS:

(http://i.imgur.com/GQ5DK.gif)

NICE!

Watch the sky! (except they say you probably can't see it. not even if it drops on your head??)
Title: Re: The PHOBOS-GRUNT thing that'll crash in the next couple of hours
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on January 15, 2012, 05:34:39 PM
There is part of me which is almost disappointed that this shit always seems to fall in the water.
Title: Re: The PHOBOS-GRUNT thing that'll crash in the next couple of hours
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on January 15, 2012, 05:35:35 PM
I mean, I don't ACTUALLY want it to fall onto downtown Portland because people would get hurt. But in a sense, imagine how cool it would be if it fell on a city?
Title: Re: The PHOBOS-GRUNT thing that'll crash in the next couple of hours
Post by: Triple Zero on January 15, 2012, 06:03:12 PM
Or on Donny Darko's house! Because srsly, fuck him.
Title: Re: The PHOBOS-GRUNT thing that'll crash in the next couple of hours
Post by: Cainad (dec.) on January 15, 2012, 06:24:52 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on January 15, 2012, 06:03:12 PM
Or on Donny Darko's house! Because srsly, fuck him.

Oh my god yes. If it could be timed to fall directly on the plot at a critical juncture (such as 5 minutes before the movie started) that would be perfect.

Cainad,
insufficiently committed to Sparkle Motion
Title: Re: The PHOBOS-GRUNT thing that'll crash in the next couple of hours
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on January 15, 2012, 06:41:51 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on January 15, 2012, 06:03:12 PM
Or on Donny Darko's house! Because srsly, fuck him.

Yeah, especially after he ran over Frank.
Title: Re: The PHOBOS-GRUNT thing that'll crash in the next couple of hours
Post by: Triple Zero on January 15, 2012, 09:37:18 PM
Yup it fell into the ocean:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jan/15/phobos-grunt-mars-probe-pacific

Donny Darko was not available for comments.
Title: Re: The PHOBOS-GRUNT thing that'll crash in the next couple of hours
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on January 15, 2012, 09:46:03 PM
"Phobos-Grunt" makes me giggle every time I see it.
Title: Re: The PHOBOS-GRUNT thing that'll crash in the next couple of hours
Post by: BadBeast on January 19, 2012, 04:14:18 PM
No surprise America is completely safe on every pass, but it flies right over my house two times out of three. Bloody Commies and their 'red planet'  :crankey:
Title: Re: The PHOBOS-GRUNT thing that'll crash in the next couple of hours
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on January 19, 2012, 04:16:15 PM
Quote from: BadBeast on January 19, 2012, 04:14:18 PM
No surprise America is completely safe on every pass,

:crankey:
Title: Re: The PHOBOS-GRUNT thing that'll crash in the next couple of hours
Post by: BadBeast on January 20, 2012, 09:08:07 AM
Has Oprah been playing with the H.A.A.R.P Array again?
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