Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Warsaw, Earth, 1 AU
remember when the MIR fell ? wasn't spectacular or funny, just hit the ocean i think
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Jan-27-2008 12:54
Trance Nutter
........... I got nothing
Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Adelaide, Australia
quote:
Originally posted by stren
remember when the MIR fell ? wasn't spectacular or funny, just hit the ocean i think
The predecessor of Mir, Skylab, crashed in the WA outback. The Australian Government fined NASA for littering
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Jan-27-2008 13:16
pkcRAISTLIN
arbiter's chief minion
Registered: Jul 2002
Location:
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Originally posted by Zharen
Seriously though, I've been concerned with all the junk that gets left up in orbit. Seems like we started polluting space as well.
um, yeah. because a few bits of metal are going to bother the biggest thing known to mankind
honestly, space would be the best place to pollute. propel rubbish to the sun.
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Jan-27-2008 13:25
CONNERMAN2000
Slick & Suave
Registered: May 2004
Location: Drifting Towards the Music
quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
um, yeah. because a few bits of metal are going to bother the biggest thing known to mankind
honestly, space would be the best place to pollute. propel rubbish to the sun.
Honestly.
Forget landfills, send our shit to space and let it float where it wants. Not many environmentalists up there that I know of.
And why wouldnt this piece of shit satellite just disintegrate in the atmos...?
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Jan-27-2008 17:41
denys envy
no scratch, no snatch...
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: falLAcy, CA
quote:
Originally posted by Trance Nutter
The predecessor of Mir, Skylab, crashed in the WA outback. The Australian Government fined NASA for littering
yeah. a fine that they have yet to pay
Jan-27-2008 17:49
iammesol
Burnt out and grown up
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Atlanta, USA
lololololololololololol
Jan-27-2008 17:55
Multusvocis
tranceaddict in training
Registered: Mar 2006
Location: Huntsville, Alabama
quote:
Originally posted by Trance Nutter
The predecessor of Mir, Skylab, crashed in the WA outback. The Australian Government fined NASA for littering
I think from what I remember when the MIR fell, taco bell had some target in the ocean and if it hit it, everyone would get a free taco.
Jan-27-2008 20:48
iammesol
Burnt out and grown up
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Atlanta, USA
quote:
Originally posted by Multusvocis
I think from what I remember when the MIR fell, taco bell had some target in the ocean and if it hit it, everyone would get a free taco.
win.
Jan-27-2008 21:17
Multusvocis
tranceaddict in training
Registered: Mar 2006
Location: Huntsville, Alabama