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Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]
February 15th 08, 06:44 PM
"Ken S. Tucker" > wrote in news:46d4172e-6745-4279-
:

> On Feb 15, 8:32 am, Typhoon502 > wrote:
>> On Feb 15, 11:09 am, "Ken S. Tucker" > wrote:
>>
>> > Once the spy-sat starts touching atmosphere it's
>> > braking is unpredictable. If the critter happens to
>> > fall on Siberia, the Ruskies will wring their hands.
>> > It surprises me it cannot be remotedly detonated.
>> > Ken
>>
>> > PS: Note to next spy-sat designers...make sure
>> > all the classified stuff burns up, or can be detonated.
>>
>> Apparently, part of the issue with this sat is that the ground cannot
>> communicate with it. During a CNN presser yesterday, the USAF
>> spokesman said that the sat did have the ability to self-destruct, but
>> we can't trigger it. I'll bet that there's a big lessons-learned
>> session gonna come of this one...if the computer on the bird can't
>> receive a ping indicating continuing comms, then it goes BOOM.
>
> That's it Typhoon, all the media spy **** is crappola,
> reminds me of Ice-Station-Zebra, a good movie.


So now we know you sit in your room with your nails growing to a foot in
length.



Bertie

Ken S. Tucker
February 15th 08, 07:19 PM
On Feb 15, 10:44 am, Bertie the Bunyip > wrote:
> "Ken S. Tucker" > wrote in news:46d4172e-6745-4279-
> :
>
>
>
> > On Feb 15, 8:32 am, Typhoon502 > wrote:
> >> On Feb 15, 11:09 am, "Ken S. Tucker" > wrote:
>
> >> > Once the spy-sat starts touching atmosphere it's
> >> > braking is unpredictable. If the critter happens to
> >> > fall on Siberia, the Ruskies will wring their hands.
> >> > It surprises me it cannot be remotedly detonated.
> >> > Ken
>
> >> > PS: Note to next spy-sat designers...make sure
> >> > all the classified stuff burns up, or can be detonated.
>
> >> Apparently, part of the issue with this sat is that the ground cannot
> >> communicate with it. During a CNN presser yesterday, the USAF
> >> spokesman said that the sat did have the ability to self-destruct, but
> >> we can't trigger it. I'll bet that there's a big lessons-learned
> >> session gonna come of this one...if the computer on the bird can't
> >> receive a ping indicating continuing comms, then it goes BOOM.
>
> > That's it Typhoon, all the media spy **** is crappola,
> > reminds me of Ice-Station-Zebra, a good movie.
>
> So now we know you sit in your room with your nails growing to a foot in
> length.
> Bertie

Super connect to HH...very close, and it is true HH
did black-art business with Tucker Corporation, but
that's in the past now.
Ken S. Tucker
PS: BTW, if any of you fella's need a boat to pick
up Manganese pebbles off the ocean floor, we can
probably find a boat to do that.

Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]
February 15th 08, 07:38 PM
"Ken S. Tucker" > wrote in
:

> On Feb 15, 10:44 am, Bertie the Bunyip > wrote:
>> "Ken S. Tucker" > wrote in
>> news:46d4172e-6745-4279-
>> :
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Feb 15, 8:32 am, Typhoon502 > wrote:
>> >> On Feb 15, 11:09 am, "Ken S. Tucker" >
>> >> wrote:
>>
>> >> > Once the spy-sat starts touching atmosphere it's
>> >> > braking is unpredictable. If the critter happens to
>> >> > fall on Siberia, the Ruskies will wring their hands.
>> >> > It surprises me it cannot be remotedly detonated.
>> >> > Ken
>>
>> >> > PS: Note to next spy-sat designers...make sure
>> >> > all the classified stuff burns up, or can be detonated.
>>
>> >> Apparently, part of the issue with this sat is that the ground
>> >> cannot communicate with it. During a CNN presser yesterday, the
>> >> USAF spokesman said that the sat did have the ability to
>> >> self-destruct, but we can't trigger it. I'll bet that there's a
>> >> big lessons-learned session gonna come of this one...if the
>> >> computer on the bird can't receive a ping indicating continuing
>> >> comms, then it goes BOOM.
>>
>> > That's it Typhoon, all the media spy **** is crappola,
>> > reminds me of Ice-Station-Zebra, a good movie.
>>
>> So now we know you sit in your room with your nails growing to a foot
>> in length.
>> Bertie
>
> Super connect to HH...very close, and it is true HH
> did black-art business with Tucker Corporation, but
> that's in the past now.

Yes, I'm sure old howard had a lot of uses for paper airplanes.


Bertie
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