Meteorite in Russia

[Fly320s]

Or drunk.

Da.

[BobR]

Call me alex jones but does this seem like a coincidence?
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/15/nuclear-armed-russian-jets-reportedly-circled-us-territory-guam/?test=latestnews

Not really a jet. It is actually a turbo-prop, or a propeller driven aircraft. The engines, while turbines, are missing an essential component of jet engine theory, the blow. A true jet works very simply; suck, squeeze, bang, blow. The blow is what makes a jet go. In a turboprop the blow energy is harnessed to drive a shaft to turn the propeller, essentially.

So, it should read, "Russian long-range turboprop bombers capable of carrying nukes circled a small island in the Pacific Ocean in order to make sure it has not tipped over from an influx of US Marines"

It would have been just as accurate, IMO.

bob

[never_retreat]

Ya I was kind of curious how you could determine if there was a nuke in it from 30,000 feet.

[Blakenzy]

It makes for a better story if they have nukes on board.

[Gewehr98]

Ya I was kind of curious how you could determine if there was a nuke in it from 30,000 feet.

It can, and has, been done - with specially-equipped fighter escorts shepherding said Bear bombers at a given distance.  I'll leave it at that.

[Regolith]

Is it sad that my first thought was to re-read the "falling objects" clause of my homeowners insurance?

If a fragment or a smaller meteorite were to hit your house, assuming you survived, you probably wouldn't have to worry too much about insurance.

Meteorites are worth quite a lot of money, depending on their origin. The fact it hit a structure may make it worth more, due to the rarity of that happening. Provided it remained intact, you could make several times what your house is worth simply by selling off the meteorite.

[BobR]

Those Bears are big.

If a fragment or a smaller meteorite were to hit your house, assuming you survived, you probably wouldn't have to worry too much about insurance.

It  better be a really small one if you are going to be in the house when it gets hit. I remember an article from around 2006 where a german's house was destroyed by a small piece of meteorite about 10mm in diameter.


bob

[AJ Dual]

It can, and has, been done - with specially-equipped fighter escorts shepherding said Bear bombers at a given distance.  I'll leave it at that.

I'd imagine the tech that makes it possible to find one in a shipping container, or on the streets of NYC with roving patrols... I'd think it's no surprise that the U.S. Military spurned on by the heights of the Cold War probably had the same ability decades ago.

[drewtam]

So I've been hoping all day that this will revive a world push into space colonization and planetary defense.

[Regolith]

It  better be a really small one if you are going to be in the house when it gets hit. I remember an article from around 2006 where a german's house was destroyed by a small piece of meteorite about 10mm in diameter.

Depends entirely on how fast it comes in. The one that hit the woman in Alabama in 1954 weighed 8lbs and was 7.5 inches across. If it comes in slow enough, and hence doesn't end up burning or blowing up in the atmosphere, it may slow to near terminal velocity before it hits the ground.

[Angel Eyes]

Some tweets about the meteor shower:

"In Soviet Russia, space explores you."

 

"Breaking news: baby found at meteorite crash site. He is miraculously unharmed.  Wrapped in what appears to be a red cape."

 

"Typical.  A giant meteor hurtles to Earth and totally misses Piers Morgan."

[geronimotwo]

The blow is what makes a jet go.

been reading your doctor suise?

what are the chances of a live intersteller virus landing on earth?

[Ron]

been reading your doctor suise?

what are the chances of a live interstellar virus landing on earth?

Taking the Drake equation and Fermi's paradox into account I would guess the chances are slim to none at any given time.

For all practical purposes we are very much alone in the universe, no neighbors even of the microscopic kind.

[RoadKingLarry]

Ya I was kind of curious how you could determine if there was a nuke in it from 30,000 feet.

It is the policy of the US Navy Soviet Union Russian Air Force to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons on any ship, station or aircraft of the Russian Air Force

[Tallpine]

According to the US and Russian governments, none of this

                      ever happened.

[MicroBalrog]

I don't think there was any EMP disruptions, however mobile phone services are reported to have collapsed, presumably due to everyone losing their **** and trying to make a call at the same time.

A cable was cut/ripped due to either the explosion or one of the impacts afterwards, and Megafon (a major Russian provider) lost service.