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Scientists say only 20-40% of uncrewed cargo vessel likely to survive heat of re-entry and risk of people being hit is smaller than being hit by lightning
1 posted on 05/07/2015 11:41:00 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

Not good for somebody.


2 posted on 05/07/2015 11:42:06 AM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: McGruff

Is it smaller than being hit by a toilet seat from Skylab?


3 posted on 05/07/2015 11:43:01 AM PDT by Ingtar (Capitulation is the enemy of Liberty, or so the recent past has shown.)
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To: McGruff

Some enterprising insurance salesman ought to be selling space junk insurance.


4 posted on 05/07/2015 11:43:06 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (A free society canÂ’t let the parameters of its speech be set by murderous extremists.)
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To: McGruff

Hopefully it hits an ocean.


5 posted on 05/07/2015 11:46:15 AM PDT by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: McGruff

6 posted on 05/07/2015 11:47:04 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: McGruff

Has anyone here seen a projected debris map?


9 posted on 05/07/2015 11:54:47 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are.)
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To: McGruff

I hope it hits my barn, I need a new one.


13 posted on 05/07/2015 12:02:17 PM PDT by Licensed-To-Carry (Every time you vote for a democrat, you put another nail in the coffin of the USA.....)
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To: McGruff

I thought it was SOP for previous supply vessels to burn up on reentry. If not, what became of those ships?


19 posted on 05/07/2015 12:14:30 PM PDT by muir_redwoods ("He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative." G.K .C)
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To: McGruff

“At the end of Progress resupply missions, space station crews load the Russian cargo capsules with trash for disposal.”

Hey! Now THAT is a Million Dollar Idea, right there! Blast our trash into space, it burns up upon re-entry!

EnviroWeenies to arrive and claim this causes Global Warming in...3...2...1...

*SMIRK*


31 posted on 05/07/2015 1:09:34 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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Still going.

http://www.n2yo.com/


35 posted on 05/07/2015 3:32:15 PM PDT by McGruff (What did Hillary know and when did she know it?)
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According to this site.

http://www.satview.org/

Reentry within 1 hour of this post.


36 posted on 05/07/2015 4:25:02 PM PDT by McGruff (What did Hillary know and when did she know it?)
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