MIR is down!!

[vailman]

Should have some video available from Fiji on CNN soon...no word form Taco Belll yet.

 

[DesignDawg]

Hey, I beat you to it.

Ricky
DesignDawg

 

[JJWalker]

Heh!

 

[KpocAlypse]

eh, i thought that was tomarrow..well it is 6 minutes into tomarrow...

 

[Dameon]

They bought an insurance policy in case it does, alot like those "hole in one" contests to win a car.

 

[RaDragon]

please post the video link (once available...) thanks!

 

[vailman]

Let's place bets on how long it takes pieces of MIR to show up on egay. HEHE

 

[LAUST]

500,000,000 - reserve not yet met

May have Zew Zealand Man-O-War stuck to it

 

[vailman]

CNN is broadcasting live here. You'll probably see the footage there first.

 

[RaDragon]

<< Let's place bets on how long it takes pieces of MIR to show up on egay. HEHE >>



[edit]After 15 years in space, Russia's space station Mir re-entered the Earth's atmosphere and plunged into the South Pacific early Friday. CNN's Hugh Williams in Fiji reported seeing Mir streaking across the sky in several pieces. &quot;This is the most unbelievable, incredible show,&quot; Williams said. whoa... 15 years! Now I can see the listing on egay...
&quot;Vintage Space Station Fragment&quot;
Quantity: 2,001,200,120,001
Time left 13 days, 21 hours +
[/edit]

 

[datalink7]

This is a sad day. All the resources and effort into that station. All the truimphs. One of mans greatest achievements. An object of many peoples dreams. Now dead.

 

[vailman]

It had to happen eventally, it was 15 years old - it was beginning to become very unsafe.

 

[UG]

Gotta hand it to the Russians. They know how to take out the trash.

Mir was like Biosphere: public relations was more important than success.

 

[Yzzim]

the dude that's hosting the MIR thing on CNN said that they should have some video within the next couple of hours

wtf?? How long does it take to get to an uplink and upload the footage?

 

[vailman]

I heard that too. They better get something soon I want to got to bed...

 

[Jmman]

These type of things are usually dissappointing. Now if they would have used it as target practice for a Patriot missile or something, it might have been cool.....

 

[Emos]

Let's all hope that the Mutant Mir Space Fungus got incinerated on the trip down!

 

[Yzzim]

Jmman - LOL, maybe we could have tested our missle defense

 

[RaDragon]

<< These type of things are usually dissappointing. Now if they would have used it as target practice for a Patriot missile or something, it might have been cool..... >>

yeah, that'd be nice

 

[Yzzim]

CNN just got the video...umm, not quite what I expected, but those were some pretty big fireballs