To: montag813
If the intercept is successful and the satellite blown to bits, it appears most of the debris will become orbitting "space junk" and not re-enter the earth's atmopshere.Just more junk to keep track of now... it's getting pretty messy up there.
7 posted on
02/14/2008 9:12:24 AM PST by
rhombus
To: rhombus
Time for someone to invent a new space vacuum cleaner!!
To: rhombus
Everything on Earth orbit will come down sooner or later.
43 posted on
02/14/2008 9:33:18 AM PST by
mad_as_he$$
(John McCain - The Manchurian Candidate? http://www.usvetdsp.com/manchuan.htm)
To: rhombus
Just more junk to keep track of now... it's getting pretty messy up there.It's in such a low orbit that all of the pieces will enter within a month or so. They'll come down faster than the satellite would have.
To: rhombus
"Just more junk to keep track of now... it's getting pretty messy up there." Nope. Shooting down a falling satellite won't add to orbiting debris.
111 posted on
02/14/2008 12:17:31 PM PST by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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