Space junk = old spacecraft. Old spacecraft with old fuel tanks full of vapor = boom! Depends on a lot of things, but that's at least a possible explanation.
Cheers, MDF > Hi Jeff > > I asume the "explotions" were from the object going from supersonic to > subsonic. > > Best wishes > Lars Pedersen > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff Kuyken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Meteorite List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 10:56 AM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Space Junk Lights Up Skies Over Australia > > >> G'day List, >> >> I read this story and the following line struck me as odd. >> >> "calls reporting an extremely bright light and two explosions..." >> >> I would not have thought that space junk would explode. Is this a >> correct >> assumption? Hopefully one of our knowledgeable list members can add >> something to this. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Jeff Kuyken >> I.M.C.A. #3085 >> www.meteorites.com.au >> --- Marc D. Fries, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate Carnegie Institution of Washington Geophysical Laboratory 5251 Broad Branch Rd. NW Washington, DC 20015 PH: 202 478 7970 FAX: 202 478 8901 ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
