The crew of the international space station had a close call with a spent satellite engine in Earth orbit Thursday, forcing the crew to take shelter aboard its return capsule before the object passed harmlessly, NASA said.
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Well, as George Carlin would say, "That was not a near miss. It was a near hit."
More like this
In rats, though. But still very interesting.
I was watching Olbermann's Countdown tuesday night, and a minor point has been irritating me all day.
I've only read the few pages that Amazon offers on its website, but I'm convinced Frederick Crews' "Follies of the Wise" is
Flight crews from the UK and Australia are warning that engine-oil fumes can contaminate cabin air in certain types of planes.
Until the next piece of space junk flies by...
Since the amount of junk up there keeps rising with time, the risk of an impact is going to rise too.
And then with each catastrophic impact .....
.... more junk.