And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Friday, March 18, 2022
This camera was set to capture a Falcon 9 rocket launch. it melted due to the heat from the launch The amazing part is, it was almost half a kilometer from the launch point.
It was a launch from Vandenberg AFB. The launch sparked a brush fire that melted the camera.
ReplyDeleteMEH.....are you sure the Russians didn't do it?
DeleteThank you Larry.
DeleteTeach 'em for using metric. Probably would have been okay at half mile.
ReplyDeleteNope, 1km = 0.62 miles, so half a mile away is closer.
DeleteUm the head line reads "almost a half a kilometer". 1/2 kilometer is 500 meters, 500 meters is .31 miles or only 1,640 feet.
DeleteHalf a mile is 800 meters. A kilometer is 1000 meters.
DeleteA half mile is 2640 feet. A half Kilometer is 1640 feet Half mile is further away.
DeleteIt looks like the rocket wasn't the only thing that went over everybody's head.
DeleteAnd this, kids, is why we sent a Mars probe flying into the surface at terminal velocity.
ReplyDelete"If you think the camera is messed up, you should see the photographer!"
ReplyDeleteNo great loss - it's only a Canon . . .
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