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Post by dirtdiva on May 5, 2021 12:17:38 GMT -6
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Post by sahunter on May 5, 2021 20:25:53 GMT -6
Might have to send the Mrs out the front gardening then, just in case
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Post by kelabar on May 5, 2021 21:28:42 GMT -6
I was a little 'un when Skylab came down. IIRC some of it landed in Western Australia. At the time some wag was selling baseball caps for $5 which were guaranteed "Skylab-proof" and would protect you. They came with a money back guarantee if you did get killed! Back to today, I will add a few extra layers of tinfoil to my hat to keep me safe! More seriously, it takes a lot of mass to make it down to ground level. Metal will tend to vaporize at reentry speeds, meteors make it further because they are made of rock. Because rockets and spacecraft are made as thin and light as possible most of the bits never make it down to Earth, but they do give a pretty light show as they burn.
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Post by dirtdiva on May 5, 2021 22:35:19 GMT -6
1986 I was living and working in Central Florida. I remember walking out in front of my office building and watching The Challenger shuttle take off only to explode. What a mess. That weekend it was even creepier because we had chartered a fishing boat out and we were redirected away from where we normally fish into rougher seas because they were collecting wreckage. Lots of military and coast guard presence. I had the kids with us and we ended up just going back to shore.
Of course they never got very high up and were only seconds into flight so there was lots of debris.
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Post by drhenley on May 8, 2021 17:58:15 GMT -6
This is the largest by far of any uncontrolled reentry in history. I believe it's something like 21 tons. IIRC The largest previous uncontrolled reentry was 10 tons.
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