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Ice-Watching Satellite Cryosat Lost
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An ill-fated Rockot booster launches a European ice-watching satellite skyward, but fails to orbit its payload. A missing command in the Rockot’s onboard computer prevented the booster’s second stage from shutting down as planned, and it instead continued to fire until it depleted its fuel. The ice-watching satellite Cryosat, built for the European Space Agency (ESA) to study the effects of climate change on polar ice sheets and sea ice, plunged into the Arctic Ocean near the North Pole before completing its first orbit around Earth. The 1,500-pound satellite’s mission cost about $170 million and called for a three-year study of the Earth’s ice caps. http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_051010.html
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Posted by:
LHU
(male, late-30s)
(Posted 10/17/05)
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KP86
(10/20):
As an avid ice watching enthusiast, I'm completely devastated. Almost couldn't get out of bed yesterday. To keep myself busy until the next satellite goes up, I've taken to watching my lawn grow. Fun to track my regrigerator's ice maker, but it's not the same. Got to run, I think I hear fresh cubes being made . . . .
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LHU
(10/21):
KP86 – I am so jealous – you have an ice machine?!
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KP86
(10/25):
Yes I do; and I can get it any way I like: shaved or cubed.
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LHU
(10/25):
Shaved?! You could make your own Igloo! Hmmm, would that take a while, and it might melt...
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