09-04-2005 21:50									#1
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quote: geoswan: In a test of President Bush's Ballistic Missile Defense scheme, CTV is reporting that the US Space Command is planning to launch a Titan missile that will pass over the Hibernia oil field, off the coast of Newfoundland. The missile's booster will land within something like 25 kilometers of Newfoundland oil platforms. Premier Danny Williams plans to shut down and evacuate the platforms, prior to the launch, which may cost as much as $250,000,000. The test was delayed last week, and some reports said that the delay was due to sensitivity to Canadian concerns. However this is incorrect. A television report quoted an American military spokesman claiming the chance of debris striking an oil platform is "one in a trillion".

To put the matter in perspective, the AdScam storm in a bucket is over $250 million Canadian.

WTF can we do? I can't think of anything short of arresting every American in this country and executing them one by one until Bush is deposed, and that seems a tad unreasonable. Communal punishment and all.

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	09-04-2005 21:53									#2
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i think canadians are over reacting

	09-04-2005 21:54									#3
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Put a surcharge of 1$ a barrel on all oil exports to the US. In 4 months we'll have collected that 250 million back.

	09-04-2005 21:55									#4
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quote: Originally posted by MRT144 i think canadians are over reacting

Fine. we'll start firing rockets over the Bay Area and letting pieces of them drop off.

	09-04-2005 21:58									#5
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Please! Your own government raped you for a billion dollar gun registry. This is only a light spanking.

	09-04-2005 21:58									#6
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OH NOES!

i just think that the voluntary evactuation shouldnt be blamed on americans, because youre overly cautious.

	09-04-2005 22:00									#7
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I never knew that Canada's government was filled with such retards. Did we export them?

	09-04-2005 22:01									#8
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quote: Originally posted by DanS I never knew that Canada was filled with such retards.

Why not?

	09-04-2005 22:02									#9
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Ha! Caught you before the DanS!

	09-04-2005 22:02									#10
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Don't worry, our missiles are just as reliable as our cars and our electronics.

(Better evacuate the whole province.)

	09-04-2005 22:03									#11
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Well I could have guessed. But I could not have known for certain... Until today.

	09-04-2005 22:04									#12
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Yeah, I really trust people who claim that the chances of a collision are "one in a trillion". From what I can see of the intended flight path, the chances of a collision are more like 1 in 10000 to 1 in 20000 or so. It's unacceptable to keep hundreds of people working in that situation.

And BTW it's private companies pulling their people out. Our government didn't tell them they had to go; they decided themselves that the risk was unacceptable.

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quote: Originally posted by DinoDoc Ha! Caught you before the DanS!

Point for DinoDoc. Capturing the elusive DanS pre-edit post. DinoDoc now leads the newly created, annual 'Poly post hunt-a-thon.

	09-04-2005 22:10									#14
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i dont trust the american government any more than you KH, but i doubt there is that much risk.

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quote: Yeah, I really trust people who claim that the chances of a collision are "one in a trillion". From what I can see of the intended flight path, the chances of a collision are more like 1 in 10000 to 1 in 20000 or so. It's unacceptable to keep hundreds of people working in that situation.

As far as I know, not a single person in the uninvolved public has been hurt from debris from an American suborbital/orbital rocket in the history of post-war rocketry.

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Apparently they are going to evacuate London because of all those planes flying overhead...it's not safe you know...

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quote: Originally posted by DanS As far as I know, not a single person in the uninvolved public has been hurt from debris from an American suborbital/orbital rocket in the history of post-war rocketry.

a) How many flights do you think there have been? Probably something on the order of 5 000 (complete guess, but seems reasonable)

b) Most of the time the paths are over open ocean. This time they're sending it too close for comfort to a set of oil platforms. Think maybe the risk is increased?

	09-04-2005 22:18									#18
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In your calculations are you including a risk of failure in that mode? That starts adding lots of zeroes really quickly!

	09-04-2005 22:19									#19
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The solution is simple: instead of capping the wells and evacuating, the American military provides us with 200 officers, all Col. and above who will be willing to man the platform during the test to keep things running. If the rocket does hit, the US military pays all cleanup costs and lost revenue.

Hell, 9999 times out of 10000 everything will be fine, right?

	09-04-2005 22:20									#20
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Why not do the test somewhere near New-York btw? Any particular reason?

	09-04-2005 22:23									#21
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Or you can just provide us with 200 hostages. We get to shoot one of yours for every one of ours that dies in case of possible collision.

	09-04-2005 22:23									#22
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actually, i think that the canadians should sue extrodinarily if debris does hit.

	09-04-2005 22:23									#23
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The US is already expressly responsible for loss of life and property if the missile hits a platform. No hostages required.

	09-04-2005 22:25									#24
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I'm not satisfied with monetary reparations. I want heads to roll. And we all know that no criminal charges would ever be filed. That's why we need hostages. A guarantee of justice.

	09-04-2005 22:29									#25
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Why can't they test their missiles in their own territory? it seems like they're deliberately pissing off the Canadian government.

	09-04-2005 22:32									#26
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The flight path is over international waters. Canadians can suck it!!!

	09-04-2005 22:33									#27
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I would presume they have to launch it that way because that's how the missile would probably have to go if it were used.

	09-04-2005 22:37									#28
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It's not a "missile" as that is commonly understood to include a bomb on the end of it. Rather, it is a Titan IV space launcher from Cape Canaveral in Florida that is to put a classified payload into a highly inclined orbit.

	09-04-2005 22:42									#29
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Oh don't worry. It probably only get 50 feet up in the air and come straight back down on their tiny little heads.

	09-04-2005 22:44									#30
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quote: Originally posted by Max Webster Oh don't worry. It probably only get 50 feet up in the air and come straight back down on their tiny little heads.

QFT.