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European Spaceship's Death Plunge Caught on Film

Posted September 30, 2008 9:24 AM

From SPACE.com:

Europe's unmanned space cargo vehicle successfully reentered the atmosphere over the south Pacific Ocean Sept. 29, breaking up into dozens of fragments that fell into the ocean along a pre-selected path that had been cleared of maritime traffic, European Space Agency (ESA) officials said. Program managers expect that photographic data from two aircraft ESA hired from NASA, and an imager aboard the international space station flying overhead at the time, will provide precise data on the amount of debris that survived reentry.

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10/01/2008 11:56 AM

"...to transform ATV from a one-way asset into a vehicle capable of returning..."

Uhhh...yeah, that sounds like a worthwhile goal.

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10/02/2008 8:54 PM

Space junk.

<"....Of these, several dozen were expected to survive the descent and to fall into the ocean.

By comparison, Russia's Mir space station weighed more than 100,000 kilograms when it reentered the atmosphere, also in the South Pacific, in 2001.

ATV controllers had advised maritime authorities in the region that a no-go zone measuring 2,700 kilometers long and 200 kilometers wide should be established....">

And what about any ship, yachtsman, plane, balloonist etc. who could be hit by plummeting red-hot debris.

Who are these ATV Controllers, who think they have total rights to rule the waves?

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