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2005-07-06 -Short Attention Span Theater-

COMET HIT BY 'RODS FROM GOD' DEATH FROM SPACE PROGRAM

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Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2005-07-06 00:52|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Hurrah for kinetic weapons! Long live the lizardoid Rove!

Posted by Asedwich">Asedwich 2005-07-06 01:19|| 2005-07-06 01:19|| Front Page Top

#2 I am looking forward to private citizens and space pirates acquiring this capability, the better to hold the UN at bay when private enterprise moves into space.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2005-07-06 01:32|| 2005-07-06 01:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Shouldn't be to hard---all it takes is the energy to get it up there, and then to nudge it in out of orbit.
Escape velocity in reverse, with fins for guidance and a hell of a punch.

Posted by Asedwich">Asedwich 2005-07-06 01:45|| 2005-07-06 01:45|| Front Page Top

#4 With a reasonably autonomous or perhaps mobile presence on the Moon; and a fairly small amount of the right technology, all of it available to civilians; a handful of people could essentially hold the world hostage. This scenario, seen in many a sci-fi story, is moving into the realm of sober reality a lot faster than many realize.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2005-07-06 01:52|| 2005-07-06 01:52|| Front Page Top

#5 Tranzi authoritarians HATE spaceflight, perhaps because they can peer into the future and see something that is forever beyond centralized control.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2005-07-06 01:56|| 2005-07-06 01:56|| Front Page Top

#6 July 4, 2015
A voice speaks from the Moon, in Arabic:

"Attention ummah. You have one week to disband all jihadi organizations, and surrender their members to the relevant authorities, dead or alive, or the Grand Mosque becomes a reeking crater."
(Voice switches to French)
"Attention, EU bureaucrats, we have a list of 613 repulsive imans currently resident in the European community. You have 3 days to hand them over to the Russian Army Veteran's Association; or shoot them yourselves, as you like; or the 4th Arrondisement goes up in flames."
(switches to English)
"Attention Berkeley city council....Oh, to hell with it. LAUNCH NOW!"

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2005-07-06 02:24|| 2005-07-06 02:24|| Front Page Top

#7 Atomic Conspiracy

The 4th Arrondissement is well known as the center of Parisian Jewish community.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2005-07-06 04:06|| 2005-07-06 04:06|| Front Page Top

#8 AC, LMAO.

Posted by Matt 2005-07-06 07:56|| 2005-07-06 07:56|| Front Page Top

#9 The haven't discovered my catapult on the moon yet?

Posted by 3dc 2005-07-06 09:07|| 2005-07-06 09:07|| Front Page Top

#10 When the Kaaba mysteriously vaporizes, then will you know the true extent of the Rods from God program.

Posted by Random thoughts 2005-07-06 09:21|| 2005-07-06 09:21|| Front Page Top

#11 There is no conspiracy, we are going to seize control of space, we will have the ability to annihilate any foe, we will stand victorious.

What's the conspiracy? We openly admit aspirations for space based weapons, a conspiracy implies a secretive aspect to ones plans. Once again for those of you who still don't get it: Fuck with us and die..........

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-07-06 09:24|| 2005-07-06 09:24|| Front Page Top

#12 Scary, isn't it, Moon Worshipers?

Posted by tu3031 2005-07-06 09:27|| 2005-07-06 09:27|| Front Page Top

#13 Those of us ancient enough might remember one of the mantras of the 60's - he who controls space (or he moon) controls the world. That's one of the reasons we hadda get to the moon before the commies - otherwise they'd use missles or orbital platforms to destroy us.

Ironic, isn't it? Now the Russians are taking us to the Space Station, 'cuz our taxi (Shuttle) is broke.

Posted by Bobby 2005-07-06 09:42|| 2005-07-06 09:42|| Front Page Top

#14 the NASA probe "Deep Impact" provided military observers with significant data and analysis concerning the proper design for kinetic energy weapons configured to slam into an Earth ground target, releasing an explosion similar to an atomic weapon but without the radiation.

Hello? Kinetic energy weapons don't need a lot of design, being your basic "big rock" type of system. Just get 'em through re-entry and onto target, the rest takes care of itself, thanks to Mr. Newton.

I last heard of this scheme under the name "Thor", by the way. Hammer of the gods, and all that. Supposed to be a tactical weapon against armor formations, as I recall. But I believe better systems are available now, that don't involve the problems of re-entry. Google "Brilliant Anti-Tank" (BAT)

Or, here:
http://www.ilcdover.com/products/aerospace_defense/decelerators/bat.htm

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-07-06 11:11|| 2005-07-06 11:11|| Front Page Top

#15 Look out, Middle East terrorist-sympathizing nations. Once we perfect these weapons, we're going to use them ON YOU.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-07-06 11:22|| 2005-07-06 11:22|| Front Page Top

#16 The Islamodroid is just upset that he doesn't have these. His God has got no rod...

Posted by Iblis">Iblis 2005-07-06 11:59|| 2005-07-06 11:59|| Front Page Top

#17 Just imagine, a football field sized rock slamming into Mecca at Mach 7, leaving a 1,000 foot wide crater, everything within a mile flattened, mmmmmmmm....

Posted by mmurray821 2005-07-06 12:13|| 2005-07-06 12:13|| Front Page Top

#18 leaving a 1,000 foot wide crater, everything within a mile flattened

You mean like this?

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-07-06 12:34|| 2005-07-06 12:34|| Front Page Top

#19 The IslamaPropagandists are laying the ground work for the highly remote unlikelihood of a large meteor that comes into the earths atmosphere with a hard on for mucchka and crashes staight into it. Uh.., I mean, crashes right into the holy city of mucchka, and lays waste to the sukkuh. And it will be more than Bush's fault. No divine retribution here, uh uh! No way! it was a plot!. A Rovian conspiritorial plot! By crackie!
Thank heavens Hollywood came to the rescue years ago by showing us in the movie about meteors, that meteors are not the sort of something that is man made, but something where the good guys, using science, could take out the big one, and only the smaller one might get through and destroy Paris, in a compleetetely ramdom, unpredestined way. I mean everyone in the world watches Hollywood movies on cable don't they? /sarcasm off

Posted by an dalusian dog">an dalusian dog 2005-07-06 14:29|| 2005-07-06 14:29|| Front Page Top

#20 And remember, Dok to your Talkter about new flexium, it can help you get out of the way of a speeding meteor, and heal the damage if it doesn't, or something like that. As I said, dok to your Talkter

Posted by Comment Top">Comment Top 2005-07-06 14:36|| 2005-07-06 14:36|| Front Page Top

#21 Now if we could just take the state of Massachussetts and slam it into something at 40,000 MPH........

Posted by Bill Nelson 2005-07-06 15:13|| 2005-07-06 15:13|| Front Page Top

#22 Teddy has enough mass, although getting him up to speed will take a lot of thrust.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-07-06 16:15|| 2005-07-06 16:15|| Front Page Top

#23 Jeebus 'orrible thought. It was then Rep, now Sen Nelson and who else? Hatch? Riding the political shuttle wave.... can you imagine fat Teddy on that sucker. It could have happened in theory. Drifting thru the flight deck.... LOL!

Posted by Shiipman 2005-07-06 16:39|| 2005-07-06 16:39|| Front Page Top

#24 JFM, this is 2015, by which time all Jews are assumed to fled the Caliphate of Froggistan, with you-know-who moving into their former haunts.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2005-07-06 17:28|| 2005-07-06 17:28|| Front Page Top

#25 I say, nuke the site from orbit! That's the only way to be sure.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous2520 2005-07-06 18:23|| 2005-07-06 18:23|| Front Page Top

#26 Damnit! Who keeps telling this guy all of our secret plans???
Mr. Fibble is very cross!

Posted by bruce 2005-07-06 19:08|| 2005-07-06 19:08|| Front Page Top

#27 Bobby,
like this?
...
These images show a completely fictional on-orbit anti-satellite weapons system (ca. 1967) comprising a Blue Gemini ship and an armed OSP (Orbital Supply Platform). The OSP holds kinetic "space torpedoes" and provisions for extended missions.

Of course you view some of that old stuff from both sides at DeepCold

Posted by 3dc 2005-07-06 20:35|| 2005-07-06 20:35|| Front Page Top

#28 Guess the "big man" up(?)stairs bette have a whole lot of sets of 72 vestle virgins ready with carafes of wine and peeled grapes...

Posted by BigEd 2005-07-06 22:20|| 2005-07-06 22:20|| Front Page Top

#29 slammer big rok on mecha an theyn jus mosh arown it an kiss it.

Posted by muck4doo 2005-07-06 22:22|| http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/]">[http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/] 2005-07-06 22:22|| Front Page Top

#30 AtomicConspiracy wrote,

(switches to English)
"Attention Berkeley city council....Oh, to hell with it. LAUNCH NOW!"

WAIT!!! C'mon, AC, at least gimme' a little warning to get my head down or seek safer shelter (working high above the city at LBNL these days).

Posted by LC FOTSGreg">LC FOTSGreg 2005-07-06 23:21|| 2005-07-06 23:21|| Front Page Top

#31 True, Mucky, thus giving each other Polio and AIDS (yes, I know it doesn't spread well via saliva, but take enough chances and it'll get through), and losing the war for Planet Earth just as Allah obviously intended.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-07-06 23:36|| 2005-07-06 23:36|| Front Page Top

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