Re: Don't ya hate when...


"Chuck Rhode" <CRhode@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:29:14 -0700, Turby wrote:

It's hard not to be cynical about a story like this.

... when for years we've been fed a line about how scrupulous NASA has
been about dropping so much as a fastener overboard in low Earth orbit
for fear of causing impact damage with another vehicle.

NASA has tried to do exactly that, and for good reason. But NASA is a
civilian agency, and as such has no real say over what the military chooses
to put in orbit.


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