ROSAT Down - The Firearms Forum

ofitg · 10-22-2011, 10:50 PM

Looks like we dodged another bullet

The 2.7-ton German satellite fell to earth this evening... somewhere....

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/ger...ry?id=14792987

jack404 · 10-22-2011, 11:28 PM

arh THATS what it was.... NO they CANT have it back ...

ofitg · 10-23-2011, 01:28 AM

Remember that old movie, Andromeda Strain?

Make sure you drink your "squeeze"

jack404 · 10-23-2011, 02:30 AM

shine? been makin me own for years but thats legal here ...

andromeda strain? like Bali belly eh? or that Montezuma's revenge ?

howlnmad · 10-23-2011, 08:28 AM

Heard a news blip on a local radio station the other day. The reporter was talking about that sat that came down not long ago and stated that not a day goes by that some piece of space junk, be it large or small, falls from space. Some makes it through the re-entry, some doesn't.

ofitg · 10-23-2011, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by jack404

shine? been makin me own for years but thats legal here ...

andromeda strain? like Bali belly eh? or that Montezuma's revenge ?

That movie was about an alien microbe that hitched a ride to earth on a falling satellite and wiped out a small town..... when the gov't guys arrived in town wearing their hazmat suits, they found one old codger still walking around, high on some kind of jungle juice he called "squeeze"..... made him immune, somehow.

Bobitis · 10-23-2011, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ofitg

That movie was about an alien microbe that hitched a ride to earth on a falling satellite and wiped out a small town..... when the gov't guys arrived in town wearing their hazmat suits, they found one old codger still walking around, high on some kind of jungle juice he called "squeeze"..... made him immune, somehow.

Great movie.

jack404 · 10-23-2011, 05:25 PM

squeeze is a generic name for shine or moonshine

i like the irish version called poiteen ..

it'll put hair on ya chest unless ya spill it on ya chest , there ya'll be as bald as they come ...

Buckshot · 10-24-2011, 03:28 AM

I don't remember if the book and the movie (either one) were the same in that regard, but I think the old guy had been drinking Sterno. The nasty part was the microbe "ate" plastic and rubber products, so all of the seals on face masks, oxygen masks, sealed chambers, containment doors, etc. failed. Ouch.

goofy · 10-24-2011, 06:10 AM

I read that a piece of space junk falls EVERY month

But most of them burn up long befor they hit the earth.It gives the saying "Heads up" a whole new meaning

jack404 · 10-24-2011, 06:23 AM

try living in everyones favourite recovery area , i've a mate who's property has been hit by nearly a dozen such accidents , its a big spread .. but a dozen plus in the same area ?? yeah . accident ..

goofy · 10-24-2011, 07:06 AM

Has any one died from our space junk? Why don't we use this stuff for target practice "LONG range clay birds" and stop it before it enters the atmosphere.

howlnmad · 10-24-2011, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by jack404

try living in everyones favourite recovery area , i've a mate who's property has been hit by nearly a dozen such accidents , its a big spread .. but a dozen plus in the same area ?? yeah . accident ..

Sure sounds like they have your friend targeted jack.

jack404 · 10-24-2011, 07:32 AM

1.5 million acres so yeah makes for a easy recovery site

howlnmad · 10-24-2011, 07:59 AM

Wow, that's a spread.

My father had a chance to relocate us "Down Under" when I was a lad. Since I've been on this site and reading about your hunting and land spreads, I'm really wishing he had.

10-22-2011, 10:50 PM	#1
ofitg Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Contributor Posts: 1,447	ROSAT Down Looks like we dodged another bullet The 2.7-ton German satellite fell to earth this evening... somewhere.... http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/ger...ry?id=14792987 -->

10-22-2011, 11:28 PM	#2
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: ROSAT Down arh THATS what it was.... NO they CANT have it back ...

10-23-2011, 01:28 AM	#3
ofitg Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Contributor Posts: 1,447	Re: ROSAT Down Remember that old movie, Andromeda Strain? Make sure you drink your "squeeze"

10-23-2011, 02:30 AM	#4
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: ROSAT Down shine? been makin me own for years but thats legal here ... andromeda strain? like Bali belly eh? or that Montezuma's revenge ?

10-23-2011, 08:28 AM	#5
howlnmad Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Harriman, Tn Contributor Posts: 2,637	Re: ROSAT Down Heard a news blip on a local radio station the other day. The reporter was talking about that sat that came down not long ago and stated that not a day goes by that some piece of space junk, be it large or small, falls from space. Some makes it through the re-entry, some doesn't. __________________

10-23-2011, 05:25 PM	#8
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: ROSAT Down squeeze is a generic name for shine or moonshine i like the irish version called poiteen .. it'll put hair on ya chest unless ya spill it on ya chest , there ya'll be as bald as they come ...

10-24-2011, 03:28 AM	#9
Buckshot Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Southern AZ Posts: 918	Re: ROSAT Down I don't remember if the book and the movie (either one) were the same in that regard, but I think the old guy had been drinking Sterno. The nasty part was the microbe "ate" plastic and rubber products, so all of the seals on face masks, oxygen masks, sealed chambers, containment doors, etc. failed. Ouch. __________________ United States of America - Born July 4th, 1776 - Killed by 50 million brain-dead zombies November 6th, 2012 Mack: Shame what this town's come to. Charley Waite: You could do something about it. Mack: What? We're freighters. Ralph here's a shopkeeper. Charley Waite: You're men, ain't you? Mack: I didn't raise my boys just to see 'em killed. Charley Waite: Well you may not know this, but there's things that gnaw at a man worse than dying. - Open Range MOLON LABE

10-24-2011, 06:10 AM	#10
goofy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Contributor Posts: 2,063	Re: ROSAT Down I read that a piece of space junk falls EVERY monthBut most of them burn up long befor they hit the earth.It gives the saying "Heads up" a whole new meaning

10-24-2011, 06:23 AM	#11
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: ROSAT Down try living in everyones favourite recovery area , i've a mate who's property has been hit by nearly a dozen such accidents , its a big spread .. but a dozen plus in the same area ?? yeah . accident ..

10-24-2011, 07:06 AM	#12
goofy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Contributor Posts: 2,063	Re: ROSAT Down Has any one died from our space junk? Why don't we use this stuff for target practice "LONG range clay birds" and stop it before it enters the atmosphere.

10-24-2011, 07:32 AM	#14
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: ROSAT Down 1.5 million acres so yeah makes for a easy recovery site

10-24-2011, 07:59 AM	#15
howlnmad Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Harriman, Tn Contributor Posts: 2,637	Re: ROSAT Down Wow, that's a spread. My father had a chance to relocate us "Down Under" when I was a lad. Since I've been on this site and reading about your hunting and land spreads, I'm really wishing he had. __________________