ABC reporter makes a real boneheaded mistake.

[Archae]

Showing the big satellite that is going to fall to Earth, the reporter said the satellite would mostly burn up once it hit the band of heat around the Earth.

WRONG, dummy! It'll mostly burn up due to atmospheric friction! :eyes:

[Shagbark Hickory]

1. Starting a thread on DU should cost 67 cents.

[Poll_Blind]

3. But with the snark rebate, it's still free.

:shrug:

PB

[Shagbark Hickory]

6. There should be free coupons for those who refrain from posting every random thought that

crosses their mind.

[pinboy3niner]

9. *Sigh* I miss Random Thoughts

Wait...what were you saying?

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21. eh ... he'll only hit you up for beer and travel money....

[Sherman A1]

11. Precisely

Agreed, sometimes this comes to mind...............:spank:

[Jackpine Radical]

14. I wonder if he ever got his beer and travel money

and the many experiences.

[Nostradammit]

5. And being a sock puppet on DU should cost $500,000.

[Poll_Blind]

2. LOL..."The Band Of Heat". I played for them in the 70's.

I heated up mostly the lower-middle, though.

PB

[pinboy3niner]

4. He must have been thinking of the Canned Heat band...

:rofl:

[Hissyspit]

18. No, a hot show by Manfred Mann's EARTH BAND

[madinmaryland]

7. Of course it could just hit the rubber band that protects the earth and bounce away from the earth.

:rofl:

[louslobbs]

12. lol n/t

lou

[Fumesucker]

8. Maybe he was thinking of the original Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea..

The one where the Van Allen belts are on fire..

[Denninmi]

10. I caught that, too.

Well, yes and no. The "Thermosphere" in the upper atmosphere actually has gases that heat to incredibly hot temps -- up to something like 4,000 degrees F, if memory serves me. However, the gas is so spread out in the near vacuum that it can't really transfer heat effectively. Kind of a weird paradox.

But yes, I thought the reporter's comments were sort of indicative of poor research. Things mostly burn up in the Mesosphere, the layer below the hotter "Thermosphere", and a layer which is characterized by being the coldest part of the atmosphere in both real and perceivable terms.

[Gman]

13. Teabaggers are everywhere

and its chic to be stupid.

[Jackpine Radical]

15. Quit picking on the guy. He's just auditioning

for a job as a Fox science reporter.

[pinboy3niner]

16. LOL!

I think you've got HIS number! :rofl:

[buddysmellgood]

17. Ha!

[tridim]

19. I remember clicking past some reality show on MTV a long time ago..

and someone said we can't live on Mars because of all the hot gasses.

Laughed my ass off at that one. I think lots of people think space is hot.

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20. That perplexed me too.

I sat there and said, "What band of heat?"
I'm glad someone else pointed this out.