satellite shootdown tonight ?

**Canadian-guerilla** · 02-20-2008, 08:51 PM

anyone else been following this ?

Weather May Delay Satellite Shootdown

Pentagon Opens Window of Time to Shoot Down Satellite

**crashdive123** · 02-20-2008, 10:28 PM

It's kind of what started this thread.

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...ead.php?t=1841

**Ridge Wolf** · 02-20-2008, 10:58 PM

Originally Posted by Canadian-guerilla

anyone else been following this ?

Weather May Delay Satellite Shootdown

Pentagon Opens Window of Time to Shoot Down Satellite

http://www.space.com/news/080220-spy-sat-viewing.html

**NY MtnMan72** · 02-21-2008, 02:02 AM

#1 shooting it down because of toxic fuel? hmmm, more likely we're shooting it down because its as big as a bus, and if it doesnt completely burn up- someone could salvage whats left and see the technology etc.... either way ---> meh doesnt really matter.

#2 what eats at me a little bit- we just ( a couple months ago) jumped all over China because China did what? They shot down one of their satellites..... hmmm once again The US looks slightly foolish for runnin our mouths before we know whats gonna come out. Seriously I truly love this country with all my heart- but damn some of the people running things are just plain stupid.....
Lets criticize China for demonstrating that they have the ability to shoot down satellites, and then in a couple months we'll do the same thing- but its ok cus "we're the good guys" ??

(sort of the like the US telling other countries they cant have nuclear weapons... when we're the only country to have ever used em on someone else...)

**flandersander** · 02-21-2008, 02:27 AM

yeah the usa sucks @$$! Canada has the expierence of america and when they shoot a nuke canada stands beside them and says "and take that!" also we have free health care which is saweet. i can break my leg, freefor me! aaawwwwweeeeeyyyyyyyyeeeaaaaahhhh!!!!

**Sam** · 02-21-2008, 02:35 AM

Originally Posted by flandersander

yeah the usa sucks @$$! Canada has the expierence of america and when they shoot a nuke canada stands beside them and says "and take that!" also we have free health care which is saweet. i can break my leg, freefor me! aaawwwwweeeeeyyyyyyyyeeeaaaaahhhh!!!!

I'm glad you don't have to live here in the USA. If I knew you lived here I'd wanna PUKE. I see a lot of people from Canada on this board, and I live in WA
state. So I got no beef with your country, I just don't wanna live there. I am glad you see to be an abboration and not like the rest of the folks from up north.

**flandersander** · 02-21-2008, 02:46 AM

ok maybe that was a little harsh but i know forsure that canada has the expierence of america but has a booming economy. america would me fine to live in i'm sure but i can see its flaws. a friend of mine came from LA and then moved to canada. they love canada but see nothing wrong with america. i'm sure you can see canada's flaws. i don't personally see many of canada's flaws except for gun laws. what do you see wrong with canada sam???

**Sam** · 02-21-2008, 03:24 AM

Originally Posted by flandersander

ok maybe that was a little harsh but i know forsure that canada has the expierence of america but has a booming economy. america would me fine to live in i'm sure but i can see its flaws. a friend of mine came from LA and then moved to canada. they love canada but see nothing wrong with america. i'm sure you can see canada's flaws. i don't personally see many of canada's flaws except for gun laws. what do you see wrong with canada sam???

I don't have a problem with Canada, I just wanna live in the country of my birth. I bled for this country and I love my home land. Sorry I jumped on you.
I just get tired of people crapin' on my home.

**nell67** · 02-21-2008, 03:25 AM

Dont be sorry Sam,he asked for it.I think he let his alligator mouth overload his tadpole tail there for a minute.

**Sam** · 02-21-2008, 03:49 AM

Well I get a little touchy about my home. I try real hard not to bag on other places where I don't live. I love my country and am not shy about it. How is the weather back in the midwest? I used to live in Missouri for a long time. I don't miss the cold, tornadoes, and bugs. I now live with hippies, and liberals. So I just about break even.

**nell67** · 02-21-2008, 03:53 AM

Other than the snow yesterday,and the ice coming this evening,not too bad,LOL looks like tomorrow maybe another day off due to the ice(

).And tornadoes,we have had them twice already this year,does not bode well for when tornado season actually gets here!

**crashdive123** · 02-21-2008, 08:16 AM

Originally Posted by flandersander

yeah the usa sucks @$$! Canada has the expierence of america and when they shoot a nuke canada stands beside them and says "and take that!" also we have free health care which is saweet. i can break my leg, freefor me! aaawwwwweeeeeyyyyyyyyeeeaaaaahhhh!!!!

Hey flandersander: I'd be happy to break your leg for free.

**trax** · 02-21-2008, 01:50 PM

Before Ned's kindergarten class gets out and he starts scribbling all over the threads with his crayons again, I'd just like to say that I am not and I'm sure most of my fellow Canuckistanians aren't quite that...whatever the hell that rant was about.

I haven't been following that satellite story that closely, but I'm thinking this:

If they want to shoot this thing down, they're going to be targetting it on monitors, right? Get a bunch of ten or twelve year olds to track it and push the button on the joystick. They spend their lives doing this stuff, they won't miss. Give them like...a missile each or something...make it a contest. It's not like there's a shortage of missiles.

**Rick** · 02-21-2008, 01:56 PM

I'm a great deal like Flander the Sander. I also have the heart of a 14 year old boy. Only I keep mine in a jar on my desk.

**trax** · 02-21-2008, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by Rick

I'm a great deal like Flander the Sander. I also have the heart of a 14 year old boy. Only I keep mine in a jar on my desk.

Where did you leave the rest of him? Or is there a whole "statute of limitations...I'm taking the fifth" kind of circumstance here?

**Beo** · 02-21-2008, 03:05 PM

"yeah the usa sucks @$$! Canada has the expierence of america and when they shoot a nuke canada stands beside them and says "and take that!" also we have free health care which is saweet. i can break my leg, freefor me! aaawwwwweeeeeyyyyyyyyeeeaaaaahhhh!!!!"

Dude are you serious? What do you have that we don't... oh yeah sucky gun laws. You got free health care, who controls it... oh yeah same people that gave you sucky gun laws. You got more wilderness than us I do like that, but that's about it... another bad thing, you guys (some of you) speak that pansy frencher crap... although I can say I never met a Canadian I didn't like, your crocadoodle mouth overloaded your alligator azz and you could be the first. But then again this is forum so I guess your entitled to your opinion which is like azzholes, we got one you just need o wipe yours cause it stinks.

**Beo** · 02-21-2008, 03:07 PM

See I just saw your 14 so now I gotta say I'm sorry cause you don't know squat about the world or life and haven't seen sh*t yet, damn dude. Sorry.

**Rick** · 02-21-2008, 04:05 PM

Trax - Yes. It's right next to a fifth.

**crashdive123** · 02-21-2008, 05:26 PM

But....back to NY Mntman ... we are actually required by treaty to do what we're doing. There are four (I think) treaties that we have entered into that basically state that any country that puts "stuff" up in space is resonsible for that "stuff". If it falls back to earth and causes damage or injury, the country that sent it up is responsible. ...and if it is known that somethings coming back down, the country that sent it up should attempt to do anything that it can to prevent that from happening.

**Rick** · 02-21-2008, 05:34 PM

The spy gear and other stuff had no bearing on trying to destroy it, huh? Not only did we get to destroy the gear before someone else got their mitts on it, we were able to test knocking down a sat. That's what I call getting a bang for our buck......I kill myself.....