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Don't be alarmed. High above your heads, a zombie satellite is on the loose. OK, actually, it won't really be a bother to us earthlings. Or at least to most of us. (More on that later.) But the rogue communications satellite is wreaking havoc in Earth's orbit and does threaten to interfere with signals coming from other satellites. Here's the backstory...

The communications satellite named Galaxy 15 lost contact with ground control after a solar flare probably fried its brain. As a story from the Christian Science Monitor reports, attempts from Earth to contact the satellite have been unsuccessful. But instead of just dying and drifting off, the satellite has continued to orbit the Earth, even though it refuses to receive instructions from its owner, Intelsat.

For the science nerds out there: The satellite is still on, with its "C-band telecommunications payload still functioning even as it has left its assigned orbital slot of 133 degrees west longitude 36,000 kilometers over the equator." Translation: Not good.

What's confounding scientists is that even though the satellite is toast, it continues to operate at full power, but with nobody telling it what to do. Why on earth we should care: The "zombiesat" (as its known in space talk) could steal a working sat signal, and interrupt programming for its customers. Yes, that means our television programs. The horror. As the blog Boing Boing points out, Galaxy 15 was one of the satellites that carried the Syfy channel's signal. And now it's met an end good enough to be its own Syfy show.

The Galaxy 15 is on course to mess with an SES satellite that transmits to Luxembourg. If it's any consolation to the good people of Luxembourg, officials are calling the situation "unprecedented."

The undead satellite has caused searches for "galaxy 15 satellite" to rise an astronomical 10,300% in the last week. Searches were also out of this world for "nasa satellite imagery," "satellite photo," and "nasa satellites." It's also caused people to wonder "how many satellites are in space." Not enough to bump into each other. Yet.
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Only a matter of time till it takes over all of them. At least it isn't Skynet that did it. Just sucks that it was the satellite for one of the few channels I watch.
 
[quote name='homeland']its not a group, its a newspaper. www.csmonitor.com.[/QUOTE]

And it's owned by a religious group who are...wait for it...Christian Scientists. They're the reason James Hetfield wasn't allowed to go to Health class.
 
[quote name='sendme']As a story from the Christian Science Monitor reports[/QUOTE]


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[quote name='Bezerker']Anyone find anything ironic about a group called the "Christian Science Monitor"?[/QUOTE]

It's actually a respected news organization that, save for one religious article, has unbiased coverage of the stories it features. They've been awarded several Pulizters over the years.
 
[quote name='anexanhume']it's actually a respected news organization that, save for one religious article, has unbiased coverage of the stories it features. They've been awarded several pulizters over the years.[/quote]


fair and balanced
 
[quote name='Malik112099']fair and balanced[/QUOTE]

Good point, I'm glad that you brought up, by comparison, Fox news has no peabody awards (the comparative award for broadcast journalism). Thanks for sharing.
 
[quote name='Anexanhume']Good point, I'm glad that you brought up, by comparison, Fox news has no peabody awards (the comparative award for broadcast journalism). Thanks for sharing.[/QUOTE]


Here's a good point for ya....even with all their awards (which are not really that recent) they still will sit back and watch their children die of curable diseases because of their belief in healing by prayer.
 
[quote name='Malik112099']Here's a good point for ya....even with all their awards (which are not really that recent) they still will sit back and watch their children die of curable diseases because of their belief in healing by prayer.[/QUOTE]

Compare their circulation to that of others who are known for getting prizes. It's an achievement that they have even 1. And as for your ad hominem, I see that you are glad to live in a nation that values the separation of one's religion from his or her professional conduct.
 
I guess I cant quite understand why they would put out a story like that? It sounds like they are trying to make something bigger than it is. I mean surely a sattelite has pre determined instructions built into it so it doesnt need a constant stream of instructions sent to it on what to do. Maybe whatever array they controlled it with remotely was junked and now its just running its usual course. It really doesnt sound as interesting or complicated as they make it out to be.

Or maybe its a delayed y2k bug god created to punish the sinners who watch unwholesome tv programs!



[quote name='Bezerker']Anyone find anything ironic about a group called the "Christian Science Monitor"?[/QUOTE]

Only thing I find ironic is the use of christianity and science in the same sentence. Unless that sentence is "Christianity and science have absolutely nothing in common as one is make believe and the other is reality" then they dont belong together.
 
[quote name='gargus']Only thing I find ironic is the use of christianity and science in the same sentence. Unless that sentence is "Christianity and science have absolutely nothing in common as one is make believe and the other is reality" then they dont belong together.[/QUOTE]

Do you believe that radio waves are "make believe?" You can't see or feel them, yet they are real.
 
[quote name='SIUfan']Do you believe that radio waves are "make believe?" You can't see or feel them, yet they are real.[/QUOTE]

We have proof of the existence of radio waves. Belief has no place in the scientific community.

On the other hand, something as vague as God, while clearly made up, has not a shred of evidence by any of the hundreds of thousands of religions that claim his existence.
 
[quote name='SIUfan']Do you believe that radio waves are "make believe?" You can't see or feel them, yet they are real.[/QUOTE]


Yeah! I've never seen a billion dollars either!

P.S. At the right frequency you can sure as shit feel a rf wave.
 
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