Wayward Satellite to be terminated by the Pentagon.
It seems the spy satellite that had wandered through space for some while now(and we covered a while back) may have a little more than just your average plutonium on board, no wonder the Pentagon is going to use modified SM-3 missiles fired from a cruiser and destroyer off the Northwest coast of Hawaii to take the thing out. The weapons have additional fuel and new software which will allow them to reach the object in orbit, thus blasting it to smithereens. The spacecraft contains hydrazine which is rocket fuel and Hydrazine is a colorless liquid with an ammonia-like odor. It is a toxic chemical and can cause harm to anyone who contacts it.
The resulting impact will leave nothing but "space junk," which will endlessly pollute the galaxy until we're wiped out by a reverse "Big Bang" or doomsday device.
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Of course, we won’t miss it. We can’t afford to. Can you imagine the Chinese offering to shoot it down for us? Bush would have to invite the Chinese President to the White House for dinner.
“If we miss, nothing changes. If we shoot and barely touch it, the satellite is just barely in orbit” and would still burn up somewhat in the atmosphere, Griffin said.