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That mysterious space object ......
here it is.
Observers in Minnesota, Wisconsin and other parts of Michigan witnessed a similar display. Satellite expert Ted Molczan explains what they saw: "The passage of the trail through the bowl of the Big Dipper in Nelson's photo closely matches my estimate of the re-entry trajectory of NFIRE, a military satellite that decayed on Nov. 4th."
NFIRE, short for the Near-Field Infrared Experiment, was launched in 2007 aboard a Minotaur rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia. Its mission for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency was to monitor missile launches and collect data on exhaust plumes from rockets. Originally, NFIRE was supposed to carry a demonstration kill vehicle for anti-missile defense. Before launch, however, that aspect of the mission was abandoned and NFIRE went to space without a projectile experiment. NFIRE was retired in August 2015 after more than 8 years in space.
here it is.
Observers in Minnesota, Wisconsin and other parts of Michigan witnessed a similar display. Satellite expert Ted Molczan explains what they saw: "The passage of the trail through the bowl of the Big Dipper in Nelson's photo closely matches my estimate of the re-entry trajectory of NFIRE, a military satellite that decayed on Nov. 4th."
NFIRE, short for the Near-Field Infrared Experiment, was launched in 2007 aboard a Minotaur rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia. Its mission for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency was to monitor missile launches and collect data on exhaust plumes from rockets. Originally, NFIRE was supposed to carry a demonstration kill vehicle for anti-missile defense. Before launch, however, that aspect of the mission was abandoned and NFIRE went to space without a projectile experiment. NFIRE was retired in August 2015 after more than 8 years in space.
Not Big Enough
Yes, we should be concerned about the chances of being blasted by a rock from the darkness of space but our real enemy has yet to be seen. Our real threat lies in a space body so large that would envelope Earth in its coma as it swung around our planet. An energetic tail of a space body contains all manner of organic chemicals and will be highly electrically charged, both facets being detrimental to life on Earth as we know it.
Will we see something this large in time to prepare? Do we even know how to prepare for an event like that? Somewhere, out there lurks a small planet that is relatively cold and therefore invisible to most of Earths eyes-in-the-sky but it is on its way back for a visit, just like it did a little over 3500 years ago when it changed the face of civilization on our planet.
Yes, we should be concerned about the chances of being blasted by a rock from the darkness of space but our real enemy has yet to be seen. Our real threat lies in a space body so large that would envelope Earth in its coma as it swung around our planet. An energetic tail of a space body contains all manner of organic chemicals and will be highly electrically charged, both facets being detrimental to life on Earth as we know it.
Will we see something this large in time to prepare? Do we even know how to prepare for an event like that? Somewhere, out there lurks a small planet that is relatively cold and therefore invisible to most of Earths eyes-in-the-sky but it is on its way back for a visit, just like it did a little over 3500 years ago when it changed the face of civilization on our planet.
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Quote of the Day
"We have about 50% of the world's wealth but only 6.3% of its population. This disparity is particularly great as between ourselves and the peoples of Asia. In this situation, we cannot fail to be the object of envy and resentment. Our real task in the coming period is to devise a pattern of relationships which will permit us to maintain this position of disparity without positive detriment to our national security. To do so, we will have to dispense with all sentimentality and day-dreaming; and our attention will have to be concentrated everywhere on our immediate national objectives. We need not deceive ourselves that we can afford today the luxury of altruism and world-benefaction."
~ US State Department, 1948
- George Kennan
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