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Are satellites bullet proof?
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It would seem they would have to be. NASA scientists constantly talk about how meteors are rushing all around hitting the earth at every point at bullet speeds; but we don't know it since our atmosphere burns them all up.
But looking at satellites they don't look that durable. They look like a blade of grass floating by might knock them off course.
So how do they handle all those meteors?
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http://www.mafia-designs.com
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Originally posted by Mafia:
forcefield.
You beat me to it 
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i think the agencies who have them up there are just taking a gamble with it.
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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Originally posted by el chupacabra:
But looking at satellites they don't look that durable. They look like a blade of grass floating by might knock them off course.
Weak as a blade of grass.
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You know about Billy, don't you? The 76 year-old the Gov keeps locked in a mountain in Colorado, who uses psychokenesis to protect the USA and all its spy satelltes?
When he dies, the sh*t hits the fan.
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"I stand accused, just like you, for being born without a silver spoon." Richard Ashcroft
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Oops, there goes billions of dollars.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 2001
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Originally posted by demograph68:
Oops, there goes billions of dollars.
how many people got fired for that one, do you think?
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iMac 27" Quad i5 | PMG4 2x867 (RhythmScore test server) | iPhone4
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Originally posted by AB^2=BCxAC:
When he dies, the sh*t hits the fan.
No... There is another...
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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impact of space dust (travelling at 20K mph) on a solar cell of hubble.
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a solitary firefly flies at nite
into the darkness an endless flight
a million flashes of delight.
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Professional Poster
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Originally posted by el chupacabra:
It would seem they would have to be. NASA scientists constantly talk about how meteors are rushing all around hitting the earth at every point at bullet speeds; but we don't know it since our atmosphere burns them all up.
But looking at satellites they don't look that durable. They look like a blade of grass floating by might knock them off course.
So how do they handle all those meteors?
How does your house or car handle all those meteors that are always hitting the earth?
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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Originally posted by el chupacabra:
It would seem they would have to be. NASA scientists constantly talk about how meteors are rushing all around hitting the earth at every point at bullet speeds; but we don't know it since our atmosphere burns them all up.
But looking at satellites they don't look that durable. They look like a blade of grass floating by might knock them off course.
So how do they handle all those meteors?
Built from LEGO.
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