Actually these are good suggestions :-))
Aren't you glad guys living down-under, you always get most of fun. And we
in Russia see only meteorites once in hundred years :-))
Boris
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Griffiths" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 12:19 PM
Subject: [RR] The sky is falling
> Dear all.
> Greetings in Jesus' name.
> Just a little local (down-under) humour.
> Enjoy.
>
> The sky is falling.
>
> As you are by now aware, the Russian Space Agency has announced that it
will
> be bringing the troubled Mir space station back to Earth. In fact, it
> intends to crash Mir into the Pacific Ocean, just to the east of
Australia.
> This announcement sent our minds back to 1979, when NASA announced that
its
> Skylab station would crash into the Indian Ocean, just to the west of
> Australia thanks to a slight miscalculation, it landed not far from
> Fremantle. This prompts us to ask: why us? And also, to offer our five
> alternative suggestions for the disposal of Mir:
>
> 1. Place it into geocentric orbit above Sydney and equip it with powerful
> lasers to enhance the New Years Eve fireworks.
>
> 2. Use it to store all the unsold Syd, Ollie and Millie toys. They might
be
> worth something someday.
>
> 3. Convert it into Peter Reith's private telecommunications satellite.
> Probably cheaper than his current phone bill.
>
> 4. Sell it to Bill Gates, unless he already has one.
>
> 5. Point it at someone else. New Zealand, maybe?
>
> Apologies to our Kiwi friends.
> John
>
>
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