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Date: 20 Sep 2006 14:31:56
From: Joe S.
Subject: Trashbag in orbit?
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Could this be the "suitsat" that was ejected from the ISS a couple of months
ago?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/wkmg/20060920/lo_wkmg/9889485
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Date: 20 Sep 2006 20:12:57
From: AustinMN
Subject: Re: Trashbag in orbit?
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Joe S. wrote:
> Could this be the "suitsat" that was ejected from the ISS a couple of months
> ago?
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> http://news.yahoo.com/s/wkmg/20060920/lo_wkmg/9889485
Somehow, I think a group of trained astronauts who have to actually
wear spacesuits from time to time would know what a space suit looked
like, even from a significant distance.
Austin
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Date: 20 Sep 2006 19:07:31
From: Sam Wormley
Subject: Re: Trashbag in orbit?
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Joe S. wrote:
> Could this be the "suitsat" that was ejected from the ISS a couple of months
> ago?
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> http://news.yahoo.com/s/wkmg/20060920/lo_wkmg/9889485
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This very small object had a co-orbit with this shuttle with an
estimated relative velocity of 2 ft/s .
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Date: 20 Sep 2006 21:17:19
From: Marty
Subject: Re: Trashbag in orbit?
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Many of us can remember a time when putting that plastic bag into low
earth orbit would have been a major scientific achievement! Now, with
the use of the space shuttle, we can routinely put a plastic bag into
orbit for, oh, maybe 450 million dollars...
Marty
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Date: 21 Sep 2006 03:45:02
From: Sam Wormley
Subject: Re: Trashbag in orbit?
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Marty wrote:
> Many of us can remember a time when putting that plastic bag into low
> earth orbit would have been a major scientific achievement! Now, with
> the use of the space shuttle, we can routinely put a plastic bag into
> orbit for, oh, maybe 450 million dollars...
> Marty
>
Your words would be a good letter to the editor in the Des Moines
Register, Marty!
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Date: 21 Sep 2006 13:12:58
From: Trane Francks
Subject: Re: Trashbag in orbit?
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On 09/21/2006 12:45 PM +0900, Sam Wormley wrote:
> Your words would be a good letter to the editor in the Des Moines
> Register, Marty!
It was one of the funnier things I've read in a long while. :)
trane
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// Trane Francks trane@gol.com Tokyo, Japan
// Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.
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Date: 21 Sep 2006 13:14:23
From: Pieter Litchfield
Subject: Re: Trashbag in orbit?
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But don't suggest that the $450 million came out of a farm subsidy program!
"Trane Francks" <trane@gol.com > wrote in message
news:eet3gi$493$1@nnrp.gol.com...
> On 09/21/2006 12:45 PM +0900, Sam Wormley wrote:
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>> Your words would be a good letter to the editor in the Des Moines
>> Register, Marty!
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> It was one of the funnier things I've read in a long while. :)
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> trane
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> /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> // Trane Francks trane@gol.com Tokyo, Japan
> // Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.
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Date: 21 Sep 2006 10:00:56
From: Howard Lester
Subject: Re: Trashbag in orbit?
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"Joe S." wrote
> Could this be the "suitsat" that was ejected from the ISS a couple of
> months ago?
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> http://news.yahoo.com/s/wkmg/20060920/lo_wkmg/9889485
No, the suitsat already re-entered and burned up, as I recall reading a
couple of weeks ago. Maybe what they saw was Jimmy Hoffa.
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