To: snopercod
... The discarded antenna covers already have fallen harmlessly out of orbit, for instance, and the pump panel should plunge through the atmosphere in flames by year's end. ...They can't just toss them "out the door" or they'll just orbit along with the station.
They must've imparted some energy to them to put them into a lower orbit and eventually into the atmosphere....but how did they do that?
Or else the station gets "boosted" periodically so anything not attached would get left behind.
8 posted on
10/02/2004 12:26:09 PM PDT by
FReepaholic
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To: tscislaw
Too bad they can't do some kind of Star Wars laser practice
10 posted on
10/02/2004 12:27:13 PM PDT by
freedumb2003
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To: tscislaw
They must've imparted some energy to them to put them into a lower orbit and eventually into the atmosphere....but how did they do that?Push?
To: tscislaw
When I toss discarded antenna covers and pump panels out of my car window at 80 mph, they just sail out onto the median. You'd think at 17,500 mph, there would be enough wind to carry them quite a ways away.
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