Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Super Bowl and New York Times Predict Junk
FedEx's ominous commercial during Sundays game of a man on the moon being vaporized by passing debris was a early forecast to The New York Times Science section today. Following the destruction by China last month of a weather satellite has caused growing concern for the amount of debris floating in the outer heavens. What this could mean is a potential hazard of all space objects in orbit. At its extreme too much debris could make it impossible to even launch into space without being destroyed.
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yeah, but admit it, that commerical totally blew your mind. I mean, who cares about space debris when you have the Final Countdown playing in the backround?
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