This Just In: Spy Satellite Hit By US Missile
As we have been following each week, the progress of the satellite that may spell the end of Canada (and indeed our Lab Rat) has come to a conclusion.
Seems that the spy satellite full of US secrets has been shot down by a missile. I have no idea over which land mass (if any). So the speculation ends here.
You there Lab Rat? Herne?
The coolest thing is that the first I heard of it was via twitter, how cool is that. Many thanks to andrewsayer whom I follow for posting it. Check out Andrews Blog: Kensington Victoria.
Here is the twitter story as I caught it.
UPDATE: Missile launched 24 minutes ago (or thereabouts) from a Navy ship in the Pacific. But they won’t know until tomorrow if the fuel tank was destroyed as planned. The missile was destroyed at 130 miles above the earth’s surface. You guys might still need that umbrella.
Dave
February 21st, 2008 at 11:39 pm
They don’t know WHERE the debris, if any left, will fall.
YIIIIIKES!
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:18 am
I don’t see any great big glowing balls of fire here in the skies of Toronto… Wait! What’s that?! Oh…it’s the sun. Phew! I haven’t seen that in a long time either.
From the BBC News:
“US ‘confident’ over satellite hit”
(In other words, they dunno if they hit it.)
“The US is confident that its shooting down of a disabled spy satellite with a missile managed to destroy its potentially toxic fuel tank.
Marine Gen James Cartwright said there was a 80-90% chance that the satellite’s tank had been destroyed.”
Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7256741.stm
February 22nd, 2008 at 9:07 am
I find it pretty freaking awesome that the U.S. hit this thing on the first try. Shame that the missiles cost 10 million bucks each.
February 22nd, 2008 at 8:14 pm
What i find funny is that they destroyed it because they were worried about the carconigenic materials aboard, now they are saying, were not quite sure if we destroyed it, but some of it may still come down.
I read somewhere that one exposure would lead to cancer.