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2009-09-23 India-Pakistan

Isro set to fire 7 satellites in 20 mins

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Posted by john frum 2009-09-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 launch video

Posted by john frum 2009-09-23 07:51|| 2009-09-23 07:51|| Front Page Top

#2 What do you call it whwn you hve a bunch of satellite rockets migrating out to orbit together? A flock or a herd, or a what? Personally, I like wad as in yesterday we shot off a wad of rockets. any other ideas?

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-09-23 10:31|| 2009-09-23 10:31|| Front Page Top

#3 'Wad' is good.
'Volley' is probably the traditional.
Perhaps 'storm?'
A storm of satellites?

Posted by Free Radical">Free Radical 2009-09-23 10:43|| 2009-09-23 10:43|| Front Page Top

#4 I guess since governments are incapable of cleaning up their own messes, eventually some private company is going to have to police up much of the dangerous orbiting junk.

I like the "big ball of goo" idea. A satellite that extends telescoping tubes in all directions. Attached to the ends of the tubes is a tent. The satellite then sprays a gas into the tent to fully inflate it, then a high expansion polymer foam.

Gas is sprayed through the ends of the tubes for orbital adjustments across the path of the orbiting space junk, which embeds itself in the polymer foam. Then, when "full", or when its gas is about to run out, it reenters the atmosphere and burns up.

If it is working well, however, it might have additional gas added to it via a tube end as well.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-09-23 12:52|| 2009-09-23 12:52|| Front Page Top

#5 Indias lunar mission finds evidence of water on the Moon

Posted by john frum 2009-09-23 18:56|| 2009-09-23 18:56|| Front Page Top

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