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Three More Objects Spotted Floating Near Shuttle
FOXNEWS.COM HOME ^ | Wednesday, September 20, 2006 | AP

Posted on 09/20/2006 5:23:09 AM PDT by LRS

HOUSTON — Shuttle astronauts spotted three pieces of debris floating in space outside Atlantis early Wednesday, a day after the discovery of two other mysterious objects forced a postponement of the landing.

Atlantis commander Brent Jett described the objects as two rings and a piece of foil.

He told Mission Control the first object, about 100 feet from the shuttle, was "a reflective cloth or a mechanic looking-cloth. ... It's not a solid metal structure."

"It doesn't look like anything I've seen outside the shuttle," Jett said. ...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,214645,00.html

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KEYWORDS: atlantis; oopsididitagain; shuttle; space
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1 posted on 09/20/2006 5:23:11 AM PDT by LRS
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Aren't the Vulcans a little early for First Contact??


2 posted on 09/20/2006 5:24:44 AM PDT by TheRobb7 (How many Democrats will YOU elect by staying home on Election Day????)
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To: LRS

Okay, who forgot to tie-up the trash bags on the space station?


3 posted on 09/20/2006 5:24:47 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (The Left hates America)
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To: LRS
a piece of foil

Freepers check you hats.

4 posted on 09/20/2006 5:26:12 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Only stupid people would vote for McCain, Warner, Hagle, Snowe, Graham, or any RINO)
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To: LRS
Let's see, there were three screws left over after assembly...
5 posted on 09/20/2006 5:26:18 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: LRS

>>>Atlantis commander Brent Jett described the objects as two rings and a piece of foil.

Frodo, call the lost and found.


6 posted on 09/20/2006 5:27:14 AM PDT by tlb
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"We come in pieces...."
7 posted on 09/20/2006 5:28:28 AM PDT by TheRobb7 (How many Democrats will YOU elect by staying home on Election Day????)
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To: tlb

***Frodo, call the lost and found.***

Good one!


8 posted on 09/20/2006 5:28:37 AM PDT by LRS
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Nano-probe spacecraft? Considering what we know about the energy cost of crossing interstellar space and how feasible miniaturization is at the nano level, its how I would design probes to explore other star systems.


9 posted on 09/20/2006 5:30:27 AM PDT by darth
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I'm trying to remember the scene in "The Right Stuff" where everyone broke down and cried because there were flecks of ice floating alongside...


10 posted on 09/20/2006 5:31:39 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: LRS

From MIR as the USSR dumped some of their trash, as I understand it, into space or it could be from our early space trips.

Or it could be a Vulcan or some other folks who came for a picknick.


11 posted on 09/20/2006 5:34:36 AM PDT by YOUGOTIT
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Funny, funny funny!


12 posted on 09/20/2006 5:36:19 AM PDT by Toespi
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To: LRS

waiting for the "Tourist Guy" to be spotted outside the shuttle


13 posted on 09/20/2006 5:36:30 AM PDT by stylin19a
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I am sure the ISS is shedding all sorts of debris into that general orbital area. It is certainly the most "crowded" area of space.


14 posted on 09/20/2006 5:37:08 AM PDT by gridlock (The 'Pubbies will pick up at least TWO seats in the Senate and FOUR seats in the House in 2006)
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To: YOUGOTIT

I figure it has to be some sort of orbiting garbage dump. But, I'm not a space scientist, nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night...


15 posted on 09/20/2006 5:38:20 AM PDT by LRS
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To: stylin19a

< waiting for the "Tourist Guy" to be spotted outside the shuttle >

Or the Travelocity Gnome.


16 posted on 09/20/2006 5:38:43 AM PDT by GOP_Proud (How covert was Valerie Plame at the CIA? Her top-secret code name was "Valerie Plame." ...Coulter)
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To: stylin19a
Well, maybe not that Tourist Guy....


17 posted on 09/20/2006 5:39:56 AM PDT by mikrofon (ETouristguy)
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To: LRS

Wondering if static electricity has attracting some trash.


18 posted on 09/20/2006 5:45:29 AM PDT by OldFriend (I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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To: darth

Space Trash....


19 posted on 09/20/2006 5:46:23 AM PDT by x_plus_one (Muslim immigration breaks democracy into a self-defeating system .)
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tribbles


20 posted on 09/20/2006 5:47:03 AM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (Once again, raw sewage has overflowed into the arab street)
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