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A defunct Russian satellite has broken up into more than 100 pieces of debris in orbit, forcing astronauts on the International Space Station to take shelter for about an hour and adding to the mass of space junk already in orbit, U.S. space agencies said.
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Not good, smaller pieces will take longer for their orbit to deteriorate or decay and clear the area.
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Thats because it was built by the Cheap-Chinese labor and parts!!!! Yep, it was.
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Did Others Notice This Part Of The Article Too?
""Due to the low orbit of this debris cloud, we estimate it’ll be weeks to months before the hazard has passed," ...
~~ I Just Eat More Roughage And, When I Eat Enough Of It,
Everything Just Blasts Loose. ~~
""Due to the low orbit of this debris cloud, we estimate it’ll be weeks to months before the hazard has passed," ...
~~ I Just Eat More Roughage And, When I Eat Enough Of It,
Everything Just Blasts Loose. ~~
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CPT David Tanner
Unless it is titanium, they should evaporate when they do lose orbit. Unfortunately, for now, they are still bullets that can kill other satellites, hurt the space station, or kill an astronauts doing space walks.
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
By Jove, I Think You're Right.
Which Reminds Me; Until I Watched Our Astronaut Walk In The Moon,
I'd Just ASSUMED An "'Astronaut" Was Just Some Guy Whom Wasn't Getting Any
Which Reminds Me; Until I Watched Our Astronaut Walk In The Moon,
I'd Just ASSUMED An "'Astronaut" Was Just Some Guy Whom Wasn't Getting Any
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