Technical comments on the U.S. satellite shootdown
http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/technical-comments-the-us-satellite-shootdown

By Yousaf Butt | 21 August 2008

Article Highlights

A NASA study on the survivability of USA-193's hydrazine fuel tank used an
oversimplified model, leading to an overly optimistic assessment of the
tank's survival.

But even this study showed how the tank would have burned up when reentering
the atmosphere.

Therefore, Washington's contention that the tank would have hit the ground
intact, posing a health hazard, seems questionable.
http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/technical-comments-the-us-satellite-shootdown



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