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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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scrubbed again! Only had a 1 second window (hard to believe, but that is what he said) so when there was a hold that was it for today.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 1, 2010 - 10:33pm PT
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Not tonight.
Rats in the system, or something.
Good thing it's just an Italian satelite going up, and not a nuclear war where things have to get done in a hurry.
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hooblie
climber
from where the anecdotes roam
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wish i owned a bar in lompoc
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elcap-pics
Big Wall climber
Crestline CA
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Usually stuff launched from Vandenberg is spy stuff with a polar obrit so it sweeps the entire planet. Yeah I was wondering if the AF has lost its touch ... but these things are complicated and I guess I can stand out in the dark another time to see the sights!
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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wish i owned a bar in lompoc
That's pretty funny, and, spot on. AJ Spurs and the Hitchin' Post do ok with that crew...
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Falcon 9
"dumb satellites"? You might want to read up on HST.
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Chaz... this thing lifts off from my backyard... they're about 50/50.
Super fickle. Too much of this, not enough of that, planets not aligned...
Better off buying your own rocket and shooting it off in your own yard.
They're cooler in the daytime when you can see the smoke best, night time it's like watching a fire fly rising up and out of sight.
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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yep just went, me and the kids and wife watched it. Looked like a flashlight going up into space...
and we're just a few miles away. I can't imagine it looked better from the bay area ha ha.
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Damn thing launched over my backyard but couldn't see a thing through the cloud bank that swept in over the point about 30 minutes ago.
Still freaked my dog tho.
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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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Lost video right when they lit it off. bummer.
9:40 minutes Alt 105 miles. Down range 1080 miles 14,000 mph.
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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tape a flashlight to your dog's back, turn it on, throw a tennis ball down the street at midnight and there you go... it'll recreate the effect.
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monolith
climber
Berkeley, CA
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Different.
Still goes to show you it's hard to launch a rocket without anyone noticing.
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Klimmer
Mountain climber
San Diego
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Yes, but that goes to show you they can launch something and you can see it, but then know next to nothing about it. Who did it? Why did they do it? What exactly was it? You really don't know squat about it, and they aren't talking either.
You can ask the DoD, but then they can refuse to tell you anything and even act clueless about it. And what can you do? Nothing.
DoD:
"Wasn't ours. Hmmmmm. Weird."
(I made that quote up.)
Edit:
By the way, what if this launch was done at 1-3 am in the morning? Not too many would have noticed. The News coverage would have missed it and had no footage or images.
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Crodog
Social climber
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Probably North Korean
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monolith
climber
Berkeley, CA
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We'll know it time Klimmer. No need to go making fantasies about it.
It was only a few miles from Catalina. You can bet someone from Catalina would have seen it. You know, darkness, bright, loud missile.
Hardly a place the NWO would choose to launch from. But of course they are arrogant and all powerful so they can do what the heck they want.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 9, 2010 - 04:16pm PT
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Military ? Probably. Reports say it came out of the ocean.
Our Military ? I hope so.
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