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On Feb 22, 3:29=A0pm, "The Werewolf's Lair"
wrote:
> The news release about the Navy's destruction of the NASA satellite
> mentioned that the missle hit the satellite at "22000 mph at an altitude o=
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> 130 miles producing a fireball".
>
> However, I have trouble with this scenario. First of all, there is no
> signifcant oxygen above Earth at this altitude which would support a
> "fireball" from a hydrazine explosion. Then, although there is a small
> amount of N2O4 oxidizer on board, which would not explode the hyrazine,
> where is the igniter? The missle contained a kinetic-energy warhead, not a=
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> explosive, so what provided the trigger for the so-called fireball?
>
> Was the photo doctored to mislead the public as the Navy either missed or
> the satelllite plopped into the ocean? Or did the missle hit a much lower
> altitude resulting in the fireball? Or, did the hydrazine tank vent due to=

> the hit, and just released a vapor cloud?
>
> Your thoughts please!
>
> I'm a retired chemist who worked many years for a NASA contractor.
>
> --
> "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it". -- George
> Santayana

Prolly filmed on a sound stage in the Nevada desert or hanger 13. You
know Bush is President so I would'nt beleive a word out of the Navy.