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Space debris forces astronauts on space station to take shelter in return ships
Space.com ^ | 11/15/21 | Meghan Bartels

Posted on 11/15/2021 10:14:49 AM PST by C210N

Seven astronauts on the International Space Station were forced to take shelter in their transport spacecraft early Monday (Nov. 15) when the station passed uncomfortably closed to orbital debris, according to reports.

(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: debris; iss; meghanbartels; russia; russiandebris; space
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Perhaps the movie 'Gravity' was to prepare us for this.

Internet has to go down, worldwide, somehow...

1 posted on 11/15/2021 10:14:49 AM PST by C210N
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Elon Musk needs to come up with a space junk collection ship that can bring it all back to earth.


2 posted on 11/15/2021 10:16:28 AM PST by Pollard (PureBlood -- youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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Space debris is a much bigger problem than climate change.


3 posted on 11/15/2021 10:18:03 AM PST by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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4 posted on 11/15/2021 10:18:19 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: C210N
Two words:

"Chi" and "na"

https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/11/iss_debris_burn/

5 posted on 11/15/2021 10:18:51 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: C210N

Who you jivin’ with that cosmik debris...


6 posted on 11/15/2021 10:20:00 AM PST by Fido969 (45 is Superman!)
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To: C210N

That debris belonging to the Chinese, hmmm


7 posted on 11/15/2021 10:20:29 AM PST by cranked
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To: Pollard

Quark


8 posted on 11/15/2021 10:21:34 AM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.for corruptiion)
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9 posted on 11/15/2021 10:25:15 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Democrats, fixing things that haven't been broken, so they don't work, for over 197 years.)
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To: OrioleFan

GMTA!


10 posted on 11/15/2021 10:25:35 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Pollard

A real life salvage One operation.

Sounds like an outfit I’d want to be a part of.


11 posted on 11/15/2021 10:25:45 AM PST by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: OrioleFan

???


12 posted on 11/15/2021 10:26:05 AM PST by Pollard (PureBlood -- youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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To: OrioleFan

A show that should have gotten a longer run.


13 posted on 11/15/2021 10:26:29 AM PST by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: JonPreston
space needs a better maid service

14 posted on 11/15/2021 10:27:25 AM PST by z3n (“If the populace knew with what idiocy they were ruled, they would revolt.” -Charlemagne)
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Elon Musk needs to come up with a space junk collection ship that can bring it all back to earth.

I envision a big butterfly net. Just scoop up the junk.

15 posted on 11/15/2021 10:30:52 AM PST by DYngbld (I have read the back of the Book and we WIN!!!! (this post approved by the NSA))
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“Space debris is a much bigger problem than climate change.”

And unlike climate change it is 100% caused by man.


16 posted on 11/15/2021 10:32:33 AM PST by Rebelbase (Were State Dept. Havana Syndrome victims the guinea pigs of 5G/graphene oxide "vaccine" tests?)
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Easy to solve problem... just send some hoarders into space


17 posted on 11/15/2021 10:35:51 AM PST by Bob434
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There is no escape from chinese junk — even in outer space.


18 posted on 11/15/2021 10:56:42 AM PST by plain talk
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More Chinese created space debris? Like a few days ago when they had to raise their orbit a mile?


19 posted on 11/15/2021 10:59:44 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: C210N
The Gerry Anderson series UFO did an episode about space debris in the early '70s.
20 posted on 11/15/2021 11:01:45 AM PST by real saxophonist (I'll procrastinate later.)
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