Many decades ago, my friends and I launched a model rocket from a suburban area. We weren't supposed to do that, but hey, we didn't always follow the silly rules made by grownups. Anyway, in this particular circumstance, the rocket soared unexpectedly high, disappeared into a cloud, and we never found out where it went. So... I think this news story (see below) just might be my fault. Yep. Don't blame China or SpaceX; that mysterious space object is mine! I hereby apologize to the whole world for creating this unfortunate international incident. We were just playing, ok? Please everybody, don't fight. Thanks.
Mystery Deepens as China Denies Owning Space Junk Set to Crash Into Moon
https://www.sciencealert.com/china-deni ... -is-theirs
Confession: I launched the space junk!
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Re: Confession: I launched the space junk!
I have also launched a bunch of rockets that I have never retrieved 
So I am also guilty!
But as far as a anyone is concerned, I will just blame "hungry" trees
So I am also guilty!
But as far as a anyone is concerned, I will just blame "hungry" trees
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Re: Confession: I launched the space junk!
Well, I forgive you because you were just playing unlike the other guys.
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Re: Confession: I launched the space junk!
Not guilty your honour!
Only involved with the launch of one suborbital (stratospheric) probe. With full knowledge & tracking provided to Air Services Australia. They briefly diverted commercial aircraft while we uplifted and free fell down through controlled airspace. Launched to a ceiling of 37000 metres 121000 ft.
It parachuted back to Earth and was recovered. The tree that snagged it was the only casualty of the exercise.
Video to prove it. I've posted here before.
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Only involved with the launch of one suborbital (stratospheric) probe. With full knowledge & tracking provided to Air Services Australia. They briefly diverted commercial aircraft while we uplifted and free fell down through controlled airspace. Launched to a ceiling of 37000 metres 121000 ft.
It parachuted back to Earth and was recovered. The tree that snagged it was the only casualty of the exercise.
Video to prove it. I've posted here before.
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I used to launch Estes Rockets. Many times I could not find them.
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Re: Confession: I launched the space junk!
Well, it appears that our youthful indiscretions are now being... praised:
Why NASA’s pumped to watch a rocket smash into the moon
The accidental experiment will shed light on the physics of impacts in space.
https://www.popsci.com/space/rocket-cra ... xperiment/
Why NASA’s pumped to watch a rocket smash into the moon
The accidental experiment will shed light on the physics of impacts in space.
https://www.popsci.com/space/rocket-cra ... xperiment/
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* Celestron C6 SCT on a Twilight 1 Alt-Az mount
Prof. Barnhardt to Klaatu in The Day the Earth Stood Still: "There are several thousand questions I'd like to ask you.”
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Re: Confession: I launched the space junk!
The crash has been reported as having occurred on March 4, but so far, this (see link below) is the most accurate/current photo of the post-crash site that I can find:
https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/a ... 559160.jpg
Anyone have anything better? Thanks!
https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/a ... 559160.jpg
Anyone have anything better? Thanks!
* Meade 323 refractor on a manual equatorial mount.
* Celestron C6 SCT on a Twilight 1 Alt-Az mount
Prof. Barnhardt to Klaatu in The Day the Earth Stood Still: "There are several thousand questions I'd like to ask you.”
* Celestron C6 SCT on a Twilight 1 Alt-Az mount
Prof. Barnhardt to Klaatu in The Day the Earth Stood Still: "There are several thousand questions I'd like to ask you.”
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