I just watched the "meteor" video on the front page and it looks like no meteor or meteor shower I have ever seen.
In fact, it looks to me like the video of the breakup of the space shuttle Columbia.
They should pull it and issue an apology.
Anyone agree?
2007-12-15 16:13:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?ei=UTF-8&p=meteor&c=av
2007-12-15 16:38:01 · update #1
By golly, you're right. That's no meteor shower and looks exactly like the shuttle breakup. Sorry to say it looks a lot more spectacular than the hit-and-miss tiny streaks of light seen in a meteor shower.
2007-12-15 16:42:27 · answer #1 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope....not the shuttle...I know as I went out back to watch the launch of the Challenger and saw that one explode and yes, though it does have the look of Columbia this is a little bit different. I live just across the river from the launch pad area. I don't think this is a regular meteor event and am going to Space weather.com and see what I find as they give lots of information on these types of things. See what their saying at Astronomy.com.
2007-12-15 17:13:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think what they did was slow the video way down. Normally, you would never see a a meteor streaking across the sky. I didn't look like the columbia explosion, if I can recall it correctly. So yea, my best guess is it was actual footage of a meteor shower, but slowed down.
2007-12-15 18:34:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
ive never seen a meteor shower hands on and i havent seen the space shuttle break up.. so i cant really say.. but that video .. to me.. didnt seem like a meteor shower. ive learned about it etc. but i agree with you sure.
2007-12-15 17:03:48 · answer #4 · answered by daria 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm afraid I don't see that video on my front page. Can you provide a link?
Okay, yeah. Those are not meteors. Those are astronauts and chunks of space shuttle. Someone at cbs5 is undoubtedly going to lose their job over this.
2007-12-15 16:20:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
That isn't the shuttle video, but it is a satellite break-up that occurred a few months ago. It is false and there is no way they could make that mistake genuinely.
2007-12-15 18:49:25 · answer #6 · answered by Choose a bloody best answer. It's not hard. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hmmm thats weird. doesn't look like a meteor shower to me either.
oh my god. your right. it is Columbia.... thats messed up. damn right they need to say something
2007-12-15 16:41:48 · answer #7 · answered by Mercury 2010 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
that's freaky
how does someone screw that up?
oh weirder, they're in Concord, CA
That's about 20 min from where I am right now
2007-12-15 18:57:15 · answer #8 · answered by Megan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋