Posted on 04/01/2018 5:04:20 PM PDT by BBell
I know. I'm just tired of Americans being so willing to be Euro-fied.
2. In June 1979, as the crash approached, Skylab-inspired parties and products were all the rage in the United States.
The imminent crash of Skylab midway through 1979 coincided with Americans’ declining confidence in their government. The stagnant economy and a second oil crisis dropped Congress’ approval rating to just 19 percent that year. Perhaps it’s no surprise, then, that many people took an irreverent view of the demise of Skylab, a government project.
The Associated Press reported several instances of “Skylab parties” occurring across the United States. In St. Louis, Missouri, the “Skylab Watchers and Gourmet Diners Society” announced plans to view Skylab’s last orbit during a garden gathering at which “hard hats or similar protective headgear” were required.
The Charlotte, North Carolina, News-Observer reported that a local hotel designated itself an “official Skylab crash zone (complete with painted target)” and was holding a poolside disco party. Mocking NASA’s inability to say precisely where Skylab would land, entrepreneurs across the country sold T-shirts emblazoned with large bullseyes.
Another enterprising individual took a different tack and sold cans of “Skylab repellent.”
I’m sure they have better than that for non-orbital objects.
This thing is going 17,515 mph.
Oh, noooee....we’re ALL GONNA DIE!
Michigan Activates ‘Emergency Operations’ as Chinese Space Station Anticipated to Re-Enter Earth’s Atmosphere
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In this Nov. 16, 2010 file photo, visitors sit beside a model of China’s Tiangong-1 space station at the 8th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai in southern China’s Guangdong Province. China’s defunct Tiangong 1 space station is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere within the next day. The European Space Agency forecast Sunday April 1, 2018 the station will re-enter sometime between Sunday night and early Monday morning GMT.
by KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ1 Apr 2018228
Michigan is on alert after it was revealed that the Chinese space station expected to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere could land in the state’s southern peninsula. http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/01/michigan-activates-emergency-operations-chinese-space-station-re-enter-earths-atmosphere/
“Oh, noooee....we’re ALL GONNA DIE!”
Nope. Just you.
The crash announcement may be premature. From UK Express: “2.00am: The Tiangong-1 soars over the Sahara Desert.
The Chinese space station is currently flying over the Sahara Desert in Afria. It is believed the station is traveling at a height of around 134 kilometres.
Don’t you just love being Euro-fied? They’re so much more refined than us ‘muricans.
Not me. I have my tin foil hat on.
There is an old rusty boiler or water tank rotting away in the desert near here, been there for years, that has “Skylab” painted on the side.
I remember in the Navy nuclear program having to learn both English and Metric. If find the latter easier to this day for science and engineering.
Earlier this week I got the BSOD! I think it’s a sign!
I hope they are just being safe in Michigan...
Someone cue up the Belushi SNL piece where he rants about Skylab falling.
I refuse to be Euro-fied, rejected the metricifacation of the U.S. back in the 1970s (noticed all the metric road signs are gone now), and to this day reject any metric measurements, cause, I am a ‘murican, not a Euro weenie.
The Oklahoma cowboy/humorist?
I think you mean Buck Rogers....
I think he meant Will Robinson from the old TV show Lost In Space.
Michigan USA EMERGENCY Operations Centre ACTIVATED for IMMINENT space station CRASH
THE Tiangong-1 space station could crash land in Michigan causing the Governor to activate the Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) to monitor the plummeting 8.5-tonne object which could strike anytime from today to April 2, it has been revealed.
By MATT DRAKE
Chinese space station: Debris that does land could contain hydrazine
According to information from Governor Rick Snyder, the 8.5-tonne space station could land along a strip of the US from northern California to Pennsylvania which includes the southern lower portion of Michigan.
Deputy State Director of Emergency Management and Homeland Security and commander of the Michigan State Police Captain Deputy State Director of Emergency Management and Homeland Security and commander of the Michigan State Police said: “While the chances are slim that any of the debris will land in Michigan, we are monitoring the situation and are prepared to respond quickly if it does.
“The state will rely on its existing satellite reentry response and recovery plan for any necessary response protocols.”
I lived out of the country for a long time and had to use Metric. Now that I’m home I use what is easiest for the job. Think of it as “Spanglish” where the word that best fits the situation pops out. :)
Anything requiring “mass” in the calc is best done Metically.
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