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1 posted on 09/23/2020 1:16:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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Bridenstine said today in another tweet, stressing that "debris is getting worse!"

Space is becoming like Mt. Everest

2 posted on 09/23/2020 1:18:03 PM PDT by 1Old Pro (FILL THE SEAT)
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To: BenLurkin; SunkenCiv

“Duck!”


3 posted on 09/23/2020 1:18:59 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019)l)
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To: BenLurkin

Did they ever find and fix their air leak?


4 posted on 09/23/2020 1:20:02 PM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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“material zooms around Earth at about 17,500 mph (28,200 kph) — so fast that a collision with even a tiny shard of debris could do serious damage to the orbiting lab.”

Misleading and mostly untrue.


5 posted on 09/23/2020 1:20:43 PM PDT by coaster123 (Distrust everyone under sixty.)
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To: BenLurkin

This has been an issue for a while:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome


6 posted on 09/23/2020 1:21:03 PM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security! (Ironic, huh?))
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To: BenLurkin

Curious if anyone knows... is the only viable response to duck or go over the debris? Could a side-ways maneuver suffice to avoid it?


7 posted on 09/23/2020 1:23:38 PM PDT by C210N
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10 posted on 09/23/2020 1:30:10 PM PDT by eyeamok
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You mean the based on reality miniseries "Space" starring Sandra Bullock could happen?

Well, if it puts her in shirt shorts, it works for me:

11 posted on 09/23/2020 1:32:35 PM PDT by freedumb2003 ("Do not mistake activity for achievement." - John Wooden)
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To: BenLurkin

“Red Alert! Shields up”


12 posted on 09/23/2020 1:33:39 PM PDT by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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Seems like a good opportunity to borrow one of those chicom laser weapons they use for killing satellites and keep it on the space station...
17 posted on 09/23/2020 3:05:31 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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Don’t they have a force field?


18 posted on 09/23/2020 4:22:01 PM PDT by slouper (LWRC SPR 5.5 6)
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