no "hip shot" was intended. I was basing my opinions on reports I have read concerning this and as I have said before, I am not as experienced at these things as some of you are and the reports I read made it out to be a major health risk to people if it was a land impact. that said, I figured the health risk to marine life would have been the same. I am not out to blast NASA or the atronaut, I just did not understand why they could not have simply returned it in a shuttle that was returning to earth.
--- On Mon, 11/3/08, Greg Hupe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Greg Hupe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Space junk - marine life - shame on NASA > To: "Chris Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Monday, November 3, 2008, 2:35 PM > Hi Chris, > > Thank you for replying in a short and easy way to describe > the objects size > being trackable. I won't begin to pretend to know about > these things. The > initial comment seemed like as hip-shot and I didn't > think NASA or the > astronaut deserved it. > > Best regards, > Greg > > ==================== > Greg Hupe > The Hupe Collection > NaturesVault (eBay) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.LunarRock.com > IMCA 3163 > ==================== > Click here for my current eBay auctions: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Peterson" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Greg Hupe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 2:23 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Space junk - marine life - > shame on NASA > > > > 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 > > > > ***************************************** > > 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 > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
