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

From: Greg Hupe <gmhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 14:10:01 -0500
Message-ID: <37A3F4D2C6CD40BF8C503F0B3601E734_at_Gregor>

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

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Catterton" <star_wars_collector at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 1:41 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Space junk - marine life - shame on NASA


> ""The junk was a tank full of ammonia coolant on the international space
> station that was no longer needed. Astronaut Clayton Anderson threw it
> overboard during a spacewalk in July 2007.
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> Space station program manager Mike Suffredini said Monday that the debris
> splashed down somewhere between Australia and New Zealand Sunday night""
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> Am I alone in the idea that Nasa should be held criminaly liable for the
> polution of our waters?
> If an ordinary person was to dump toxic material into the ocean, surely we
> would be in alot of trouble... just becouse they are Nasa does not make
> them above the law. Ammonia is highly toxic to marine life!
> It is my opinion that this was an outright disrespect to the enviorment
> and a potential hazard to the marine life in the area of impact.
> I am very upset about this and feel Nasa was totally wrong for the actions
> they have done.
> This could have been handled in a much better fashion, and I for one would
> like to see Nasa held accountable for this.
> I am really upset about this whole situtation.
> surely if it had fallen on someones propery NASA would be in alot of
> trouble...
> Shame on you NASA. Shame on you Clayton Anderson.
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Received on Mon 03 Nov 2008 02:10:01 PM PST