NASA satellite plunges into ocean after launch

[Pat Carry]

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[Pat Carry]

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[Pat Carry]

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I cant edit my posts so I hope this link works now.

[b29flteng]

Algore must be in tears as it was a "global warming" satellite.

[agent86]

cant they use it to check the temp of the pacific?

[Pat Carry]

cant they use it to check the temp of the pacific?

That would be a very expensive thermometer!

[CAPFlyer]

And this isn't?

[CAPFlyer]

Whoops, uploaded the wrong size image. Sorry, can't edit to put in the smaller 800x600 one.

The world's most expensive thermometer - a Virginia-class submarine.

[agent86]

and the trashed satellite is the second most expensive thermometer

[The Inspector]

And back in the 50's and early 60's off the beach during SM-62 SNARK missle tests they posted semi humorous signs reading 'WARNING SNARK INFESTED WATERS' because they went into the Atlantic cartwheeling more than they cleared the range @ several less inflationary millions $$$$ a piece.
How many years was it before the former Soviet Union admitted to dozens of spectacular (and, in some cases, fatal) failures trying to launch stuff? Space exploration is like fishing, if it was easy and 'can't miss' they'd have to change the sports title to 'catching' Ariane is proof of that.

[agent86]

And back in the 50's and early 60's off the beach during SM-62 SNARK missle tests they posted semi humorous signs reading 'WARNING SNARK INFESTED WATERS' because they went into the Atlantic cartwheeling more than they cleared the range @ several less inflationary millions $$$$ a piece.
How many years was it before the former Soviet Union admitted to dozens of spectacular (and, in some cases, fatal) failures trying to launch stuff? Space exploration is like fishing, if it was easy and 'can't miss' they'd have to change the sports title to 'catching' Ariane is proof of that.

Those darned Snarks,I hate them.especially when I swim in bloody water.oh,those are sharks.sorry

[CAPFlyer]

Different radio frequencies. HF frequencies, like what they used to talk to the moon are used today by HAM radio operators who use the moon as a reflective surface to talk to people on the other side of the world. Only problem is HF is very tempermental in the atmosphere and can alternately work great over long distances or not at all over anything but very short distances. At the same time you can talk to someone on the other side of the world, you may not be able to talk to someone down the street.

NASA, however solved the problem of HF by introducing power. Signals coming in from the moon didn't need to have a lot of power because they were directional antenna that were going the "right way" through the atmosphere to see very little distortion. Meanwhile, the signals going out had ENORMOUS power to punch through our ionosphere, which is why the smallest communication dish was still over 16 feet in diameter. By having such a large antenna, they could pump a lot of power through it and then also receive the much lower powered incoming transmissions.