[meteorite-list] Space junk - marine life - shame on NASA

[Chris Peterson]

> The possibly crass accusations that stated this thread...

I take it as a simple misunderstanding, perhaps a reasonable one given the 
way things like this are covered in the popular press. The replies were 
reasonable and friendly, as was Greg's response. Nice to see... civility is 
sometimes in short supply around here.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mexicodoug at aim.com>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Space junk - marine life - shame on NASA


> Hi Chris, Listees,
>
> It isn't a shade of "illegal dumping" at issue as far as I can tell.
>
> The possibly crass accusations that stated this thread might consider that 
> transporting the old tank in a Space Shuttle back to earth would present a 
> far greater danger to occupants and American residents in the landing path 
> across the USA upon reentry rather than uncontrolled incineration it was 
> given.  If you don't believe that, why don't you volunteer for a return 
> flight with that oversized ammonia tank strapped in next to you in the 
> belly of the Shuttle as the 30 year old vehicle starts shaking like hell 
> in a controlled fall your life depends upon in reentry.  Even Iron Man 
> might get a cold sweat on that one.
>
> There was no safer way, unless you wanted to build a booster for it and 
> blast it off from a mobile launch platform in low earth orbit into the Sun 
> :).  Is this a sensible?
>
> Best wishes and great health,
> Doug