[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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