Saturday, September 24, 2011
Satellite down!
NASA believes its UARS satellite has gone down somewhere or other. Or maybe everywhere at once. Or nowhere.
Youtube offers a couple of assists to this story. First, if you're wondering how to pronounce UARS, here's how.
A little more seriously, Tom Lehrer prophesied this event in 1965. The last line of his song is especially prescient and poignant, certainly not the conventional wisdom at that time.
Nowadays, of course, we don't expect NASA to get anything right, so Lehrer's satire doesn't have much force. Since 1989, NASA's only job is to advance Green Genocide.
James Hansen indeed stands on the Shoulders of Giants in his chosen scientific discipline of Total Extermination. ¶ 2:22 AM
Youtube offers a couple of assists to this story. First, if you're wondering how to pronounce UARS, here's how.
A little more seriously, Tom Lehrer prophesied this event in 1965. The last line of his song is especially prescient and poignant, certainly not the conventional wisdom at that time.
Nowadays, of course, we don't expect NASA to get anything right, so Lehrer's satire doesn't have much force. Since 1989, NASA's only job is to advance Green Genocide.
James Hansen indeed stands on the Shoulders of Giants in his chosen scientific discipline of Total Extermination. ¶ 2:22 AM
