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On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:53:52 -0500, HK wrote:

BAR wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
This should be interesting.

The US has decided to shoot down a failed satellite that is expected
to drop
out of orbit in early March.
There is concern that half of the 5,000 lb satellite may remain intact
and
hit the earth in a yet unknown area.

The plan is to shoot it down before it enters the earth's atmosphere
with a
missile fired from a US Navy ship.

Details at 11.
The article stated that they have a "modified" missile they are going to
launch from a naval ship in the Pacific. The questions I have is what
altitude will the missile intercept the satellite and how long have we
been working on this "modified" missile?

I can't see us coming up with a "modified" missile, launched from a
surface vessel, in just a couple of months that is capable of
intercepting an object in space.

I believe this is an opportunity to flex our muscles.

Boys and their toys...

It's too bad we don't expend the same sort of energy on diplomacy.

Or learning how to set waypoints.

wrote:
The truth is you aren't doing anything with waypoints in MapSource
because you don't own MapSource. We all get that, Hairless. Go play in
traffic.

Here you go, crap-for-brains -

My copy of Mapsource showing some of my waypoints:

http://tinyurl.com/3x42zw

And here's a snap of my Garmin 4208:

http://tinyurl.com/37yfl7

snerk

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