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Space Balls

POSTED BY: ANTHONYT
UPDATED: Friday, December 23, 2011 09:17
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Thursday, December 22, 2011 8:02 PM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important


http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/22/mysterious-metal-ball-from-space-
falls-in-namibia/?hpt=hp_c2


Hello,

I suppose this is what we get for littering orbit. I wonder what it is?

--Anthony


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Friday, December 23, 2011 3:06 AM

CANTTAKESKY


It's crazy. Space debris is a serious, but little known environmental hazard.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/09/110909-nasa-space-debr
is-uars-satellite-top-five-science
/

Quote:

To date nearly 6,000 tons of human-made material have survived the fiery journey through our atmosphere, according to the Aerospace Corporation, a space-research center.


This includes radioactive materials.

[Shaking head.]



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Friday, December 23, 2011 9:17 AM

AURAPTOR

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The Chinese likely have something to do with this. They've made a bad situation far worse, when they intentionally obliterated 2 satellites into each other, as a satellite killer test. The resulting collision greatly increased the # of objects we now have circling the planet.

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