One US military Iridium satellite destroyed by out-of-control Russia satellite?

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Fost

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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/16/20090212/ttc-us-russian-satellites-collide-in-spa-6315470.html

Russia flexing it space muscle.

What do you think?
It was destroyed above Seberia.
 
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abushfamilymember

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A conspiracy theorist would speculate Russia was trying to stop the use of satellite phones in Siberia.


Foreign spies flock to Siberia ( Feb 9, 2009 )
http://www.inteldaily.com/news/167/ARTICLE/9623/2009-02-09.html
 
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Jerseyguy

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Not a US Military Satellite, it was a commercial satellite.

The Russia satellite had been dead for ten years and was not manuverable! So how could russia be "Flexing" it's muscles?

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16584-satellite-collision-creates-copious-space-junk.html

Proud Vet
 
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Earth:TheConnectedHome

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NASA is underfunded by a long shot. Thank Clinton for that. If they had enough manpower (money) they would have predicted this collision instead of reported it. Sorry, I don't see a conspiracy here.

This could be an opportunity to launch a 20 gigawatt laser into space for "clean up" purposes. From orbit, we could clean up all sorts of trash orbiting around the Earth and maybe even some trash that's crawling around the hills in Pakeeeestan.
 
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BobN

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It's tough to tell... it is a pretty strong coincidence that it happened right after Obama took office.

Then again, NASA isn't what it used to be. Why didn't they see it coming? Weren't they plotting it's orbit?
 
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