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This makes you wonder why it does not happen more often...

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/headline_universe/images/orbital_debris_big_jpg_image.html


23 posted on 02/11/2009 1:50:55 PM PST by AvOrdVet ("Put the wagons in a circle for all the good it'll do")
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To: AvOrdVet

Hmm... how do I get the pic to upload?


25 posted on 02/11/2009 1:52:10 PM PST by AvOrdVet ("Put the wagons in a circle for all the good it'll do")
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To: AvOrdVet

I would like to see that picture in motion, it would look like a huge scrambled mess.


29 posted on 02/11/2009 1:54:41 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
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To: AvOrdVet
This makes you wonder why it does not happen more often...

Because if each of those dots really were satellites to a 1:1 scale, then each satellite, considering that they are in orbit, would have to be larger than a couple of cities.

30 posted on 02/11/2009 1:55:06 PM PST by MyTwoCopperCoins (I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
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To: AvOrdVet

It’s great how we use space as our personal trash can. I can’t imagine trying to miss all that junk up there.


71 posted on 02/11/2009 2:35:45 PM PST by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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