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.
"A large space object reenters the atmosphere in a natural way approximately once per week, with the majority of the associated fragments burning up before reaching the ground."
- The European Space Agency
Oh, well then, just so long as it's "natural" I guess we're OK.
"the majority of the associated fragments burning up before reaching the ground" Oh, well, that's all right: just as long as it's the majority FFS. As someone said when Saddam was lobbing faulty Scuds at Israel: "If someone drops five tons of scrap metal on your head it doesn't matter if it goes bang"
That middle one looks like something bought it on the ground. The color changes to something that looks rather different.
ReplyDeleteGood practice for spotting incoming warheads.
ReplyDeleteDuck and cover. ;)
Another space shuttle landing.
ReplyDeleteWar of the Worlds
ReplyDelete"A large space object reenters the atmosphere in a natural way approximately once per week, with the majority of the associated fragments burning up before reaching the ground."
ReplyDelete- The European Space Agency
Oh, well then, just so long as it's "natural" I guess we're OK.
"the majority of the associated fragments burning up before reaching the ground"
ReplyDeleteOh, well, that's all right: just as long as it's the majority FFS.
As someone said when Saddam was lobbing faulty Scuds at Israel: "If someone drops five tons of scrap metal on your head it doesn't matter if it goes bang"