Comments on: Heads Up: Falling Spysat - Pause for Thought http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2008/01/28/heads-up-falling-spysat-pause-for-thought/ LiveScience Blogs | Science, Technology, Health & Environmental News Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:01:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Leonard David http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2008/01/28/heads-up-falling-spysat-pause-for-thought/#comment-43512 Leonard David Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:30:12 +0000 http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2008/01/28/heads-up-falling-spysat-pause-for-thought/#comment-43512 Thanks for all the responses. As far as I can tell, this is not related to an anti-satellite. Rather, looks like a contractor building problem - and the expensive spacecraft went on the blink. There's need for more space situational control over spacecraft - in terms of space traffic control management. Lastly, I personally have doubts about Mars '96 and its purported fall into the ocean. I think it made land - and there was a signficant effort to reclaim nuclear material that fell onto terra-firma. Meanwhile...head's up and fingers crossed. Thanks for all the responses. As far as I can tell, this is not related to an anti-satellite. Rather, looks like a contractor building problem - and the expensive spacecraft went on the blink.

There’s need for more space situational control over spacecraft - in terms of space traffic control management.

Lastly, I personally have doubts about Mars ‘96 and its purported fall into the ocean. I think it made land - and there was a signficant effort to reclaim nuclear material that fell onto terra-firma.

Meanwhile…head’s up and fingers crossed.

]]> By: thezood http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2008/01/28/heads-up-falling-spysat-pause-for-thought/#comment-43277 thezood Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:55:21 +0000 http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2008/01/28/heads-up-falling-spysat-pause-for-thought/#comment-43277 I think the Mars 96 failure is also something to keep in mind when discussing space debris. Sure, it fell into the Pacific Ocean, but since the reentry was totally uncontrolled, it could just as easy have hit land (Chile was, for example, not far away). I think the Mars 96 failure is also something to keep in mind when discussing space debris. Sure, it fell into the Pacific Ocean, but since the reentry was totally uncontrolled, it could just as easy have hit land (Chile was, for example, not far away).

]]> By: Spysat reentry « David Kirkpatrick http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2008/01/28/heads-up-falling-spysat-pause-for-thought/#comment-43163 Spysat reentry « David Kirkpatrick Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:56:18 +0000 http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2008/01/28/heads-up-falling-spysat-pause-for-thought/#comment-43163 [...] pm Yowza. A US spy satellite is coming home the hard way in February or March. What makes this event exciting (not the good type of exciting) is we’ve lost control over the craft so it can’t be [...] [...] pm Yowza. A US spy satellite is coming home the hard way in February or March. What makes this event exciting (not the good type of exciting) is we’ve lost control over the craft so it can’t be [...]

]]> By: Hiberniantears http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2008/01/28/heads-up-falling-spysat-pause-for-thought/#comment-43142 Hiberniantears Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:17:42 +0000 http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2008/01/28/heads-up-falling-spysat-pause-for-thought/#comment-43142 Any word on whether this was an ASAT incident? I realize many things can take a spy-sat down that do not fall in the realm of ASAT, but given this is a newer satellite, and that China has been a bit bold with ASAT technology over the past year, it does not seem a far-fetched scenario. Any word on whether this was an ASAT incident? I realize many things can take a spy-sat down that do not fall in the realm of ASAT, but given this is a newer satellite, and that China has been a bit bold with ASAT technology over the past year, it does not seem a far-fetched scenario.

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