[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
>
>