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Old 04-21-2009, 09:05 PM
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Maps of space junk

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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Old 04-21-2009, 10:12 PM
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It's probably worth some $$$
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Old 04-21-2009, 11:01 PM
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A new division for the Got Junk people ????
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Old 04-21-2009, 11:06 PM
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It's probably worth some $$$
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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Old 04-22-2009, 11:02 AM
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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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Old 04-22-2009, 12:53 PM
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That's alot of crap.

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