Did I read this right? 1,100 pounds falling to earth. I wonder if the solid gold and silver pieces will fall or if only plastic will make it to earth.http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/09/09/65-ton-defunct-satellite-to-plunge...
Yep, but not as worrysome as Skylab was when it came down. They managed to control it enough to crash in the ocean. Speaking of which, considering 75% of the planet is covered in ocean, this one will probably go the same route. Considering all the space junk up there, I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Fisher" <iotacass1@hotmail.com> To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Friday, September 9, 2011 9:59:21 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] 1,100 pounds Did I read this right? 1,100 pounds falling to earth. I wonder if the solid gold and silver pieces will fall or if only plastic will make it to earth.http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/09/09/65-ton-defunct-satellite-to-plunge... _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
Does anyone remember? When SkyLab was about to come down, Taco Bell put a target out in the Pacific and advertised that if the main part of SkyLab hit the target, they'd give a free taco to everyone in America! They did the same thing with Mir. On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 11:00 AM, <jcarman6@q.com> wrote:
Yep, but not as worrysome as Skylab was when it came down. They managed to control it enough to crash in the ocean. Speaking of which, considering 75% of the planet is covered in ocean, this one will probably go the same route. Considering all the space junk up there, I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Fisher" <iotacass1@hotmail.com> To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Friday, September 9, 2011 9:59:21 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] 1,100 pounds
Did I read this right? 1,100 pounds falling to earth. I wonder if the solid gold and silver pieces will fall or if only plastic will make it to earth. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/09/09/65-ton-defunct-satellite-to-plunge... _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
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On 09 Sep 2011, at 11:00, jcarman6@q.com wrote:
Yep, but not as worrysome as Skylab was when it came down. They managed to control it enough to crash in the ocean.
Not quite all off it splashed as evidenced by the piece of one of the fuel tanks I have in my library. The accompanying photo shows the tank sitting in the Australian Outback. patrick
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