Polesse #19 31 марта 2001

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events, facts, comments - flooding the station "Mir", new toys ....

      Events, facts, comments



   (C) QUASAR


   Exactly a month has passed and we are again with you.
Today - April 1, and according to tradition, this number was 
planned entertaining and humorous. However, our plans changed 
after the March 23 held flooding of the Mir station. The amount 
of material with Hochma had dropped sharply. 

   In addition, there are some useful
information that we would like to convey to readers.


   Firstly, very soon, May 5-6
Minsk to host Millennium demoparty. This
is the second, and hopefully successful, attempt
organize and hold its Belarusian
computer party. Venue is not yet clear, but it definitely will 
not be BSU, as last year, and probably one of the

local clubs: a "reactor" or "Tunnel" (about the first, it is 
doubtful painfully prices kusyuchie). For Speccy is

all the traditional category. Yes, I will say at once, artists 
and musicians makes sense prepare some papers may be two works 
by the author. With prizes and diplomas will try to organize 
better, than a year ago. In short, it makes sense to come

to Minsk to meet and socialize with people
share their experiences. Even if you do not demomeyker as a 
normal user. I warn you, the entrance, as in most such 
activities fee. And the price will be around $ 3. After all, 
shoot the club is not cheap. In the next issue we will publish 
the rules demopati as soon clarify the issue with

venue.


   To "market" software
there have been inspiring some optimism
progress. There was a continuation of the history of
Homer Simpson. This time the hero is a favorite
many mulseriala should instead search
recipe "taburetovki, start a nuclear
power plant. Wait for review and possible
detailed SOLUTION.


   And remember "Pluto" to "spectrophone-23"?
If not, I remind you: we are talking about graphics
adventyure in the style of the legendary "Star
heritage. "At one time edition of" Polesie "
is actively seeking authors of this
games, but they both sank into the water. From Slonim
received information that the Twin Peaks Group
be found in Minsk, which, incidentally, also
have failed. So, throughout the
appeared spektrumisty will in the near
time to see the final release of plutonium ...
Not finding any money or glory, the authors decided
throw it into the light. Already, the game can be
found at Virtual Tr-DOS, at
www.zx.da.ru.


   Work continues on Real Commander
the second generation. In Fido and ZXNet periodically punched 
news from this front. 


   Gomel ZXNet was back in Down's syndrome. On
This time, our main computer broke down and the only sysop 
Eazy. All attempts to revive the BBS-ku success does not bring, 
but it does not interfere with Dima to participate in

pointovkah. :)



   RUSSIAN MIR station ceased
EXISTENCE. In 8 hours 59 minutes 24
second fragments of the orbital complex
fell into the Pacific Ocean. Here are the exact
coordinates of the center of flooding - 40 degrees
south latitude, 160 degrees east
longitude.

   In 2 hours and 20 minutes in the morning Moscow
time the station went on predspuskovuyu
orbit. In 3 hours 32 minutes set received the first deorbit 
burn. At this point he was over South America. The second 
deorbit burn was given at 5 am when statridtsatisemitonnaya 
station passed over the equator in the eastern coast of Africa. 
The third and final stage of braking ended symbolically - in

this time the station was on the Baikonur cosmodrome, where in 
1986 she went to her 15-year-old space flight.


    To the earth cried down much. Going into the
atmosphere, the complex began
burn and disintegrate into pieces. In the ocean
dropped a pile of metal weighing 12 tons - it is
all that remains of the 137-mi-ton station. Dissipation area of 
​​unburned fragments of the World was two times less 
anticipated. Work ballistics, calculated trajectory of flooding 
station has been estimated at well.


   Together with the orbital complex in the
dense layers of the atmosphere and burned her
"Stuffing" - a unique scientific equipment
and abandoned belongings astronauts:
sleeping bags, clothes and even three
Christmas trees, together with the suit's grandfather
Frost, who transferred from crew to
crew. At the world is and his last
"Dweller - doll-Astronaut Vakosha. He
was made by the hands of children from Stavropol
Youth Aerospace Society and
brought to the station in the 94th year, becoming
this record for the duration
stay in space.

   The imminent flooding of the Mir space station
caused quite a stir throughout the world.
Hundreds of thousands of people looked at the sky. In
some areas can drop station
the naked eye. In countries
that lie closer to the place
flooding of the Russian orbital station
World - this is Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Chile, 
many residents say that they were luckier than others - such 
memorable celestial show have not seen one yet.


   At around 6 pm local
time residents of the Fiji Islands, not paying
attention to the warnings of the authorities
remain in their homes, ran into the
streets. All eyes where
night sky suddenly began to permeate
bright band. Within minutes
Islanders watched as the wreckage
Russian space station Mir for
high speed swept to the ground.

   Some time after the fall
Russian space station were
Allegations that all concerns were
in vain - The world has fallen into the ocean, without touching 
any one of the islands. Do New Zealanders who

worried about the fate of the seamen whose vessels as
times were in the dangerous area, escaped
sigh investment - on the radio they were told
that the courts did not happen. The only "victim" of the fall 
of the World was one Taiwanese people who had heard that the 
fall in the space station will lead to the end Light and 
committed suicide. The truth is to blame - local media

extended these terrible rumors.

   During the flooding of the Russian orbital
Mir space station, the whole world watching, including
and via the Internet. In a global computer network was open a 
lot of special sites devoted to this event. They

by computer graphics can be
Real-time monitoring of descent
station and its last turn around
Land. Once was lost with the World
link on the main screen in the Mission Control Center has 
stopped flashing tiny dot denoting plant - people who have 
followed this through the Internet, with screens disappeared

image. The station ceased to exist. On some web pages
after a few minutes later with a text
gratefully Russian specialists
the information provided. And one of the
Sites quoted Konstantin Tsiolkovsky "Mankind will not remain 
forever on Earth, but in the pursuit of light and space, at 
first timidly penetrate behind beyond the atmosphere, and then 
will win all the near-solar space. "


   The Mir station was in orbit 15
years. Short period of time, according to earthly standards. 
But in history of space travel - is a whole

era. And opens the Russian orbital complex.

   Built by the station is now recognized
that if 15 years ago, not even
suspected that Mir will survive because
long, because all project documents
the life of the orbital complex was
indicated clearly - three years. And even more so,
No one could assume that the "World"
becomes the classical station of the future.
The complex was assembled from modules, both from
cubes, space meccano.
It was an intuitive solution, but it
proved correct.

   People accustomed to the station immediately.
Orbital complex became an orbital
home. On board the station for 15 years, visited
137 astronauts from 11 countries. In
unique space laboratory was
After almost 17 000 scientific
experiments that are impossible to replicate on Earth. One only 
of scientific equipment at the station was almost 12 tons. 
Science has made great strides forward. For example, put on a 
"World" experiment "Plasma crystal", the Russian Academy

Science is going to bring to the competition
Nobel Peace Prize.

   With the flooding of the Mir station ends an era in space 
and a new - epoch ISS. 

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