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What, Me Worry? UARS Impact Prediction Contest
| September 8th, 2011 at 11:19:19 AM permalink | |
| Ayecarumba Member since: Nov 17, 2009 Threads: 113 Posts: 2047 | NASA recently announced that a derelict weather satellite will crash back to earth soon (well, they call it "re-enter the atmosphere"). Unfortunately, this collection of the brightest minds in the country (apart from the members of this board) have no idea where the debris will land outside of a vague, "between 57 degrees north latitude and 57 degrees south latitude." So the challenge for the board is: Predict as narrowly as possible, where the debris will actually impact the Earth. The nearest, most specific prediction to the actual 500 mile long debris trail will win (e.g., "The Stratosphere" will trump "Las Vegas" if a piece actually hits the resort complex.) Predictions close at 11:59 pm Las Vegas Time on September 16, 2011. Oh, and NASA reminds us to remember kids:
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| September 8th, 2011 at 12:09:17 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Nov 11, 2009 Threads: 218 Posts: 7281 | On top of the head of Georgia Lass (obscure TV reference) This space is closed for remodeling |
| September 8th, 2011 at 3:00:58 PM permalink | |
| s2dbaker Member since: Jun 10, 2010 Threads: 34 Posts: 1215 | TheTaj Mahal |
| September 8th, 2011 at 4:52:34 PM permalink | |
| DJTeddyBear Member since: Nov 2, 2009 Threads: 105 Posts: 5727 | Which one? Superstitions are silly, childish, irrational rituals, born out of fear of the unknown.
But how much does it cost to knock on wood? |
| September 8th, 2011 at 6:34:52 PM permalink | |
| boymimbo Member since: Nov 12, 2009 Threads: 12 Posts: 2533 | I'll go with 36 degrees north, over the pacific ocean. -----
You want the truth! You can't handle the truth! |
| September 8th, 2011 at 6:36:38 PM permalink | |
| Face Member since: Dec 27, 2010 Threads: 37 Posts: 941 | I'll play along, once I have a chance to read up and do some calculations (see also: give wild ass guess). But a question first: Am I the only one who, if this thing fell in my yard, would investigate the hell out of it before taking a piece as a memento? "Do not touch"? How could I not? " 'Luck' is probabilty taken personally" - Penn Gilette |
| September 8th, 2011 at 7:07:04 PM permalink | |
| ChampagneFireball Member since: May 2, 2010 Threads: 8 Posts: 51 | Latitude -47.58134, Longitude: 73.70663, in the southern the Indian ocean about 6665km from the southern tip of India. |
| September 8th, 2011 at 7:15:30 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Nov 11, 2009 Threads: 218 Posts: 7281 |
I would, too. But be careful. It's dangerous! This thing's been in outer space and burned up on re-entry! You can cut yourself with a sharp edge or burn yourself! :P An obviously no one ever saw "Dead Like Me." This space is closed for remodeling |
| September 8th, 2011 at 8:33:47 PM permalink | |
| Toes14 Member since: May 6, 2010 Threads: 11 Posts: 350 | My guess is western Kazakhstan, to the northeast of the Caspian Sea. "Oh Gravity, thou art a heartless bitch!" - Dr. Sheldon Lee Cooper |
| September 9th, 2011 at 7:51:20 AM permalink | |
| thecesspit Member since: Apr 19, 2010 Threads: 38 Posts: 3108 |
Good call... Downtown Vancouver, West Pender and Howe. "Then you can admire the real gambler, who has neither eaten, slept through nor lived, he has so smarted under the scourge of his martingale, so suffered on the rack of his desire, for a coup at trente-et-quarante" - Honore de Balzac, 1829 |
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