On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:55:22 -0400, George
wrote:

On 9/24/2011 12:53 PM, Larry Fishel wrote:
On Sep 24, 12:23 pm, Home wrote:
If you know the answer to "what happens to a misshpen object when it
encounters the atmosphere" then tell us.

You two are sort of talking at eachother about different issues.
You're talking about being able to track it. He's talking about being
able to predict where it will go and when.

When it starts encountering the atmosphere, it will start to tumble,
spin and "skip" making it impossible to predict with any certainty
where it will land. You shouldn't need a government study to tell you
this... Wad up (loosely) a piece of paper and throw it across the
room.

On the other side, do you expect UARS to announce (truthfully) how
good their tracking is? Anyone who does should be replaced and
possibly prosecuted...

You may have overlooked that "Home guy" seems to be "Harry II" as there
isn't much he likes about the US.

But as you noted what gets fed to the public is a subset of actual
capability. To draw the conclusion that the Air Force and NORAD had no
clue based on public sources shows how far someone will go to express
their hatred.

I worked for a company that was making a "useful specialty product".
This was during an event in the space program where every talking head
was reporting "there is no information" about a specific thing while we
were reviewing recordings of the information that "didn't exist".

This is why so many people complain about waste in the federal
government. Why were people wasting their time reviewing information
that didn't exist?

Just kidding. I agree that a lot of things should be kept secret,
even from me.