# North Korean spy satellite failure **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 10, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-spy-satellite-failure/986867 "2023-07-10T18:01:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-spy-satellite-failure/986867/21 "2023-07-11T00:22:03Z")
Thanks, but hey, screw him. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-spy-satellite-failure/986867/22 "2023-07-11T00:25:22Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > I actually don’t know (of my own knowledge) what the mods keep in their armory, but I certainly don’t. Would you settle for an anti-aircraft jackboot? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-spy-satellite-failure/986867/23 "2023-07-11T00:27:41Z")
Good for flying trolls. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-spy-satellite-failure/986867/24 "2023-07-11T01:30:36Z")
Pull! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-spy-satellite-failure/986867/25 "2023-07-11T01:40:03Z")
Certainly less expensive than patriot missiles., but it’s those damn flying monkeys I worry about. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-spy-satellite-failure/986867/26 "2023-07-12T08:47:49Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > > [@gnoitall](#): > > > > > > No need to fear, we don’t have anti-aircraft cannons here. - > > > > How about naval guns? > > I’m thinking if an Evil Overlord wanted to execute a failed Henchman in spectacular fashion, he (why are they always “he”?) would use his naval gun as more of a navel gun. > > As in stand right here in front of this waist-high tube and salute the Emperor, you who are about to die. BOOOM!!! That was real. See the photo [here.](https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/execution-cannon-1890s/) ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-spy-satellite-failure/986867/27 "2023-07-12T09:14:25Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Perhaps a 16" gun is too quick for Un. With a 16-inch gun you don’ have to worry about any navels. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-spy-satellite-failure/986867/28 "2024-05-28T12:52:32Z")
Another one done blowed up real good. I wonder if more executions are in the cards for those engineers. Talk about crunch culture. > **[North Korean rocket carrying its 2nd spy satellite explodes shortly after launch](https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/north-korea-appears-fired-missile-sea-japan-south-110586068)** > > North Korea says its attempt to put another spy satellite into orbit has failed ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-spy-satellite-failure/986867/29 "2024-05-28T12:58:12Z")
Surely someone will catch some flak for this. ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-spy-satellite-failure/986867/30 "2024-05-28T14:39:16Z")
Why are they struggling? It’s not rocket science! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-spy-satellite-failure/986867/31 "2024-06-01T15:25:19Z")
Reliability costs a lot, in rockets. You can make a rocket that has an 80 or 90% chance of working, or you can spend 20 times more to get one that has a 99% chance of working. Unless your payload is something hugely valuable like live humans, it’s almost always better to settle for the cheap option, and if it fails, just keep on trying until it works. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-spy-satellite-failure/986867.md?page=1)