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ISS Ditches 2.9-Ton Pallet of Batteries, Creating Its Most Massive Piece of Space Trash
Gizmodo ^
| George Dvorsky
Posted on 03/16/2021 9:50:35 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
03/16/2021 9:50:35 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
But they still have a fit if you throw them away in your trash.
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posted on
03/16/2021 9:57:58 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: BenLurkin
Litterbugs.....................
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posted on
03/16/2021 9:58:57 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
To: BenLurkin; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ..
They should try a really, really long USB cable...
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posted on
03/16/2021 10:03:59 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/16/2021 10:06:09 AM PDT
by
chaosagent
(Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
To: chaosagent
Somehow they will find their way to Elon Musk’s Tesla.
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posted on
03/16/2021 10:09:26 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Keep the Faith. Everything happens for a reason.)
To: BenLurkin
At only 265 miles up it’s interesting that it will take 2-4 years to get to the atmosphere though. I’m surprised they couldn’t get it moving a little faster, I know 2.9 tons but still even at .125 mph it would only take maybe 90 days or so.
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posted on
03/16/2021 10:12:23 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: BenLurkin
So it appears that the next round will be Lithium Dirty bombs.
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posted on
03/16/2021 10:14:02 AM PDT
by
Revel
To: Revel
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posted on
03/16/2021 10:16:29 AM PDT
by
Sgt_Schultze
(When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
To: BenLurkin
Lithium batteries explode when they get hot.
Reentry should be a hoot.
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posted on
03/16/2021 10:20:00 AM PDT
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
To: EQAndyBuzz
/snort damn you...
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posted on
03/16/2021 10:20:24 AM PDT
by
Chode
(Ashli Babbitt - #SayHerNAME)
To: EQAndyBuzz
Somehow they will find their way to Elon Musk’s Tesla.
Who knows. He may figure out a way to land them safely.
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posted on
03/16/2021 10:21:04 AM PDT
by
chaosagent
(Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
To: Revel
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posted on
03/16/2021 10:21:31 AM PDT
by
Chode
(Ashli Babbitt - #SayHerNAME)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/16/2021 10:24:12 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
To: Abathar
I would think that a spare air bottle and some duct tape would provide enough a nudge to speed things up a little...
Be nice to know when it would actually get low enough to start generating friction. There is potential for a quick yet nice little light show.
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posted on
03/16/2021 10:25:58 AM PDT
by
L,TOWM
(An upraised middle finger is my virtue signal.)
To: outofsalt
These are nickel-hydrogen batteries. Their replacements are lithium. You’ll have a little while longer to wait.
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posted on
03/16/2021 10:26:44 AM PDT
by
Campion
(What part of "shall not be infringed" don't they understand?)
To: BenLurkin
What do they care. It’s not their money.
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posted on
03/16/2021 10:27:26 AM PDT
by
Organic Panic
(Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
They are really green sobs...
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posted on
03/16/2021 10:44:02 AM PDT
by
TnTnTn
To: BenLurkin
Hazardous waste in space?
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posted on
03/16/2021 10:47:46 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(The nation is in the grips of incurable hysterical insanity, as usual.)
To: Abathar
Problem is, if they pushed on the batteries to make them go faster, it would equally push back on the space station and send it flying in the opposite direction.
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