Whoa. A random haze of small bits of metal orbiting at speeds of around 18,000 mph:

http://www.yopress.com/technology/space-junk-debris/

Let's knock out China's satellites while there's still time, I say!!

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As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly. - Samuel Johnson

1981 300SD, 181K
1987 BMW 325i, 370K

It's probably worth some $$$

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A new division for the Got Junk people ????

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1990 500SL

I was always taught to respect my elders.
I don't have to respect too many people anymore.

If you could grab hold of it w/o getting your grabber destroyed in an instant.

It's a serious problem. In a stable orbit, that stuff will be there for a long time. Traveling 8 or 9 times faster than an M-16 bullet.

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cmac

As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly. - Samuel Johnson

1981 300SD, 181K
1987 BMW 325i, 370K

I'm picturing a bunch of convicts in florescent orange space suits tethered to a correctional center shuttle stabbing at space junk with those long poles...

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2009 ML350 (44K) - Weekend college shuttle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (71K) - Wife's car
2001 BMW 325CI (140K) - My daily driver
1998 Mustang GT Convertible (146K) - Daughter's car

That's alot of crap.

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