Traffic accidents in space

Feb 12, 2009 17:02

A commercial satellite collided with a Russian satellite over Siberia yesterday, yielding a cloud of fragments, according to a NASA scientist tracking space debris. The collision between the commercial satellite, belonging to the American communications firm Iridium, and the Russian satellite, believed to be defunct based on its advanced age, was ( Read more... )

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missus_emm February 12 2009, 15:58:23 UTC
I thought you said "the whole farce" and thought nothing of it. Totally understood what you meant but thought nothing of it.

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