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Piece of Russian Rocket Lands Near Riverton, Wyoming?
« on: January 04, 2007, 04:46:12 pm »
I sure hope Ennis and Jack weren't out with the sheep when this happened.....

(From the CNN website)



PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colorado (AP) -- A spent Russian booster rocket re-entered the atmosphere Thursday over Colorado and Wyoming, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said.

NORAD spokesman Sean Kelly said the agency was trying to confirm a report that a piece of the rocket may have hit the ground near Riverton, Wyoming, at about 6 a.m.

Kelly said military personnel had not yet reached the scene.

No damage was reported and the debris was not believed to be hazardous, NORAD said.

Eyewitnesses reported seeing flaming objects in the sky at the time the rocket was re-entering, Kelly said.

"It was pretty spectacular," said Riverton Police Capt. Mark Stone, who said he saw the burning object while he was retrieving his newspaper. "My first concern is that we had some sort of aircraft that was coming down. It was definitely leaving a burning debris trail behind it."

He said he could tell it was a fairly large object, but it was too high to determine what it was.

NORAD identified the rocket as an SL-4 that had been used to launch a French space telescope in December, and Kelly said U.S. spacewatchers knew the rocket was coming down.

"Objects falling from space are almost an everyday occurrence," he said.

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Re: Piece of Russian Rocket Lands Near Riverton, Wyoming?
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2007, 05:20:08 pm »
"Objects falling from space are almost an everyday occurrence," he said.

Maybe Donnie Darko wasn't really science fiction?
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Re: Piece of Russian Rocket Lands Near Riverton, Wyoming?
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2007, 08:36:04 pm »
I took a tour of NORAD one time and in their communications office they have a bank of TVs tuned to all the talk shows, LOL. They hardly glance at a newspaper!
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Re: Piece of Russian Rocket Lands Near Riverton, Wyoming?
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2007, 09:41:23 pm »
Here's a video of the fireworks from the local station:

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/video/10669653/index.html

Happening on January 4, the exact opposite pole of the year from those other July 4 fireworks in Riverton.

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Re: Piece of Russian Rocket Lands Near Riverton, Wyoming?
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2007, 10:00:08 pm »
I especially liked the little banner trailing after it that says "Come to Denver in May for the Brokeback BBQ 2007!"

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Re: Piece of Russian Rocket Lands Near Riverton, Wyoming?
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2007, 01:16:40 am »
Happening on January 4, the exact opposite pole of the year from those other July 4 fireworks in Riverton.

Nice observation, Andrew!   :D
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Re: Piece of Russian Rocket Lands Near Riverton, Wyoming?
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2007, 01:51:06 pm »
Thanks to the commies, I now have a large, spent rocket engine adorning the lot outside my trailer (to the left of my green truck).  (Though the feds will probably nab it from me.)

The burned patch of snow reported by that one officer in the news was down near Atlantic City WY.

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PS: Yes I too saw that trailing banner, something about going to some BBQ in Colorado Memorial Day weekend...

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Re: Piece of Russian Rocket Lands Near Riverton, Wyoming?
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2007, 01:53:39 pm »
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Re: Piece of Russian Rocket Lands Near Riverton, Wyoming?
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2007, 04:35:45 pm »
Maybe Donnie Darko wasn't really science fiction?
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That movie really confused me. I didn't understand it. Not at all. I don't understand the Manipulated Dead and Manipulated Living, or the Tangent Universe collapsing on itself. The whole movie was confusing, and I've seen it 2 or 3 times.

But it's worth the confusion to see Jake for a couple of hours! He's so cute in that movie.  :D
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Re: Piece of Russian Rocket Lands Near Riverton, Wyoming?
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2007, 04:40:22 pm »
That movie really confused me. I didn't understand it. Not at all. I don't understand the Manipulated Dead and Manipulated Living, or the Tangent Universe collapsing on itself. The whole movie was confusing, and I've seen it 2 or 3 times.

But it's worth the confusion to see Jake for a couple of hours! He's so cute in that movie.  :D

Do you remember if you saw the original or the director's cut?  I preferred the director's cut myself - found it much more straightforward to follow.  Also reading some analysis on the web helped tremendously - it has quite the cult following itself.
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Re: Piece of Russian Rocket Lands Near Riverton, Wyoming?
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2007, 05:34:00 pm »
I'm with David; I was fairly mystified.  Of course, when I watched it I'd had several glasses of red wine and kept falling asleep.... ::)
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Re: Piece of Russian Rocket Lands Near Riverton, Wyoming?
« Reply #11 on: January 05, 2007, 06:13:48 pm »
ERRRKKK!!! (Front-Ranger yanks the topic back in-line with a jerk!!)

Just received a missive from Ennis saying comets can be seen from Brokenback Mountain this weekend!! I'll give you an on-the-spot report!!!

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Re: Piece of Russian Rocket Lands Near Riverton, Wyoming?
« Reply #12 on: January 12, 2007, 06:04:18 pm »
We went out several times with a set of big-ass binocs but couldn't find comet McNaught, which supposedly passed near the sun today. Oh well!!

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Re: Piece of Russian Rocket Lands Near Riverton, Wyoming?
« Reply #13 on: January 17, 2007, 03:08:39 am »
Do you remember if you saw the original or the director's cut?  I preferred the director's cut myself - found it much more straightforward to follow.  Also reading some analysis on the web helped tremendously - it has quite the cult following itself.
 :)

God Lynne, I can't believe I'm just now seeing this post from you. I'm sorry.

I have the Director's cut DVD. It doesn't help me much though. I'm still very confused.  :(

I'm not exactly a "deep thinker" if you know what I mean.  :D
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