Hi Greg-
This thing was, in fact, deliberately discarded with the knowledge that it
would reenter. It posed no risk to anything else because it was large enough
to track, in a known orbit, and was sure to have a short lifetime in space.
It had no potential to produce any additional debris.
This isn't the first thing they scuttled from the ISS.
Chris
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Hupe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Space junk - marine life - shame on NASA
Hello Greg,
Where do you read that an astronaut, "..threw it (ammonia tank) overboard
(from the International Space Station) during a space walk in July 2007."?
I find it highly unlikely that material would be purposely tossed into
space to potentially be a floating target for future spacecraft and/or
satellites to hit. I do not think NASA has the same mindset that some
cruise ship operators have by throwing their bags of trash into the ocean.
My thoughts!
Greg
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