[NSR] Interdementional Wormhole portal opens in norway sky

jfrost2 · Post by **jfrost2** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 2:56 am

It's the end of the world! A portal to a new world has opened and alien overlords will reign and kill us all!

http://gizmodo.com/5422574/giant-myster ... e=true&s=i

Or maybe just a fancy effect a failed russian missle test created.

Skootz Kabootz · Post by **Skootz Kabootz** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 3:28 am

Whoa. That would be freaky to see. But I sure would have loved to see it...

KRUSTYburger · Post by **KRUSTYburger** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 3:46 am

Looks like a projection to me... I guess they're ruling that out due to altitude? If it was in fact a failed missile launch, that raises many questions. Such as why are they testing missiles over residential areas? and who are they shooting these missiles at anyway?!

Lagerhead · Post by **Lagerhead** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 3:50 am

Haha, you said "Interdementional".

Roose Hurro · Post by **Roose Hurro** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 4:46 am

When I was a kid, I saw a missile launch cause this rainbow ring in the sky... saw it shooting upwards, and when it hit a certain altitude, POOF!... what was probably a circular formation of ice crystals in the air, refracting sunlight into a rainbow ring.

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KRUSTYburger · Post by **KRUSTYburger** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 4:57 am

Kewl. that sometimes happens when jets break the sound barrier too. It makes a big poof of condensation.

Roose Hurro · Post by **Roose Hurro** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 5:42 am

KRUSTYburger wrote:Kewl. that sometimes happens when jets break the sound barrier too. It makes a big poof of condensation.

Yep...

Still, that Nor'wee'gin thing was freaky.

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Post by **ericalm** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:48 am

The real cause revealed!

KCScooterDude · Post by **KCScooterDude** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 4:32 pm

The Russians admitted it was a missile test. Over the White Sea, not land. They had denied it first. I like the Dr. Who idea though.

jrsjr · Post by **jrsjr** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:52 pm

KCScooterDude wrote:The Russians admitted it was a missile test. Over the White Sea, not land. They had denied it first. I like the Dr. Who idea though.

I thought test missles always carried a "self-destruct" mechanism so they could be destroyed in the event of a dangerous failure. I wonder if this missle had one and it didn't work or if they chose not to use it in the hope of recovering the wreck or if they didn't bother with a a self-destruct mechanism since the test was over the ocean or what?

P.S. Love the Dr Who idea.

ERik3tb · Post by **ERik3tb** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 7:30 pm

Interesting timing don't ya think? It's an intercontinental missle that has had similiar trouble before but they try again while Obama is in the area to get that worthless piece of tin called the Nobel Peace Prize.

Sorry, not ment to be a political post, but the timing was just too coincidental to be anything but a political ploy.

KCScooterDude · Post by **KCScooterDude** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 8:35 pm

jrsjr wrote:
KCScooterDude wrote:The Russians admitted it was a missile test. Over the White Sea, not land. They had denied it first. I like the Dr. Who idea though.
I thought test missles always carried a "self-destruct" mechanism so they could be destroyed in the event of a dangerous failure. I wonder if this missle had one and it didn't work or if they chose not to use it in the hope of recovering the wreck or if they didn't bother with a a self-destruct mechanism since the test was over the ocean or what?

P.S. Love the Dr Who idea.

Hey, times are tough. Explosives are expensive. BTW, once the shuttle is mothballed the only way to get to and from the space station is going to be a rocket built by these same engineers. If we only had a Tardis!

irishtim · Post by **irishtim** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:53 am

Phew, it was only a Russian Missle. I thougt it was really something to be worried about!

jrsjr · Post by **jrsjr** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:50 pm

irishtim wrote:Phew, it was only a Russian Missle. I thougt it was really something to be worried about!

I know, right? In the old days this would have been cause to go to defcon eight-thousand and prep for the end of the world. Instead, we got bushwhacked by a handful of guys with box cutters and a copy of Microsoft Flight Simulator. Crazy, isn't it?

enzomatic · Post by **enzomatic** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 6:26 pm

I think they would call it a rocket, they are currently working on new payload delivery rockets. I read that it likely didn't fail and that spiral effect was possible from side propulsion that will make it spin, for stability and such.