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

[Greg Hupe]

Hi Chris,

Thank you for replying in a short and easy way to describe the objects size 
being trackable. I won't begin to pretend to know about these things. The 
initial comment seemed like as hip-shot and I didn't think NASA or the 
astronaut deserved it.

Best regards,
Greg

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
To: "Greg Hupe" <gmhupe at htn.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Space junk - marine life - shame on NASA



> Hi Greg-

>

> This thing was, in fact, deliberately discarded with the knowledge that it 

> would reenter. It posed no risk to anything else because it was large 

> enough to track, in a known orbit, and was sure to have a short lifetime 

> in space. It had no potential to produce any additional debris.

>

> This isn't the first thing they scuttled from the ISS.

>

> Chris

>

> *****************************************

> Chris L Peterson

> Cloudbait Observatory

> http://www.cloudbait.com

>

>

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

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

> To: <star_wars_collector at yahoo.com>

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

> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 12:10 PM

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

>

>

>> 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

>

>