[meteorite-list] Space junk - marine life - shame on NASA

[Greg Catterton]

take your pick:

http://news.aol.com/article/space-station-trash-plunging-to-earth/234755?icid=200100397x1212231854x1200798183

http://www.space.com/aol/081031-space-station-debris-reentry.html

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/07/19/spacejunk_spa.html

just a few links about it.




--- On Mon, 11/3/08, Greg Hupe <gmhupe at htn.net> wrote:


> From: Greg Hupe <gmhupe at htn.net>

> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Space junk - marine life - shame on NASA

> To: star_wars_collector at yahoo.com

> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

> Date: Monday, November 3, 2008, 2:10 PM

> Hello Greg,

> 

> Where do you read that an astronaut, "..threw it

> (ammonia tank) overboard 

> (from the International Space Station) during a space walk

> in July 2007."? I 

> find it highly unlikely that material would be purposely

> tossed into space 

> to potentially be a floating target for future spacecraft

> and/or satellites 

> to hit. I do not think NASA has the same mindset that some

> cruise ship 

> operators have by throwing their bags of trash into the

> ocean.

> 

> My thoughts!

> Greg

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> ----- Original Message ----- 

> From: "Greg Catterton"

> <star_wars_collector at yahoo.com>

> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>

> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 1:41 PM

> Subject: [meteorite-list] Space junk - marine life - shame

> on NASA

> 

> 

> > ""The junk was a tank full of ammonia

> coolant on the international space 

> > station that was no longer needed. Astronaut Clayton

> Anderson threw it 

> > overboard during a spacewalk in July 2007.

> >

> > Space station program manager Mike Suffredini said

> Monday that the debris 

> > splashed down somewhere between Australia and New

> Zealand Sunday night""

> >

> >

> > Am I alone in the idea that Nasa should be held

> criminaly liable for the 

> > polution of our waters?

> > If an ordinary person was to dump toxic material into

> the ocean, surely we 

> > would be in alot of trouble... just becouse they are

> Nasa does not make 

> > them above the law. Ammonia is highly toxic to marine

> life!

> > It is my opinion that this was an outright disrespect

> to the enviorment 

> > and a potential hazard to the marine life in the area

> of impact.

> > I am very upset about this and feel Nasa was totally

> wrong for the actions 

> > they have done.

> > This could have been handled in a much better fashion,

> and I for one would 

> > like to see Nasa held accountable for this.

> > I am really upset about this whole situtation.

> > surely if it had fallen on someones propery NASA would

> be in alot of 

> > trouble...

> > Shame on you NASA. Shame on you Clayton Anderson.

> >

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