NORAD Santa Tracker

[jjjnettie]

:xmas: :reindeer: :xmas: :reindeer: :xmas:
For those of you with kids and grand kiddies, don't forget the NORAD Santa Tracker!
http://www.noradsanta.org/en/index.html
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[erick]

From the FAQs:-

Sleigh Technical Data

Designer & Builder: K. Kringle & Elves, Inc.
Probable First Flight: Dec. 24, 343 A.D.
Home Base: North Pole
Length: 75 cc (candy canes) / 150 lp (lollipops)
Width: 40 cc / 80 lp
Height55 cc / 110 lp
Note: Length, width and height are without reindeer
Weight at takeoff: 75,000 gd (gumdrops)
Passenger weight at takeoff: Santa Claus 260 pounds
Weight of gifts at takeoff: 60,000 tons
Weight at landing: 80,000 gd (ice & snow accumulation)
Passenger weight at landing: 1,260 pounds
Propulsion: Nine (9) rp (reindeer power)
Armament: Antlers (purely defensive)
Fuel: Hay, oats and carrots (for reindeer)
Emissions: Classified
Climbing speed: One “T” (Twinkle of an eye)
Max speed: Faster than starlight

[wavelandscott]

An annual tradition at our house! Great stuff...

[mental4astro]

IIS has gained immense respectability with my daughter once I showed her the NORAD Santa site.

She understood straight away the countdown timer on display and has asked me to bring it up on Christmas Day!

You can't B.S. a little girl. They KNOW better than ANY adult, :thumbsup: :D !

[ZeroID]

Cool!!
Just what I needed, specifications for my next project. Gotta build me one of these .... :P