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NuEM  4 stars
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Registered: 2004-3-2 09:08:11
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,812297,00.html


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Last October, the German research satellite Rosat plunged into the Bay of Bengal, more than 20 years after it had been launched into orbit. But had it remained aloft for just seven more minutes, it would have landed in Beijing instead, new calculations show.



 

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Rosaria  2 stars
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Registered: 2003-8-22 10:07:30
That would have been stellar.

 

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Manegarm  4 stars
Title: European Imperialist Good Guy
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Registered: 2003-8-11 10:01:52
Rosaria posted:

That would have been stellar.



Only if it was fueled by a highly unstable fusion hydrogen core..

 

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Orwyn_Blackheart  2 stars
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Registered: 2006-7-26 09:00:53
Rosaria posted:

That would have been stellar.



Racism laid bare is ugly.......
Manegarm  4 stars
Title: European Imperialist Good Guy
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Registered: 2003-8-11 10:01:52
Let me guess there was some kind of chink in the guiding system?

 

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Eager_Igraine  4 stars
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Registered: 2002-11-21 11:55:52
Given the amount of junk the world has been heaving into space over the past few decades, something like this is bound to happen at some point and it is going to suck politically.


Not to mention for the folks it lands on.

 

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Abaddon_Ambrosius  4 stars
Title: Retired Theurgist TL
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Registered: 2001-12-21 09:51:39
Manegarm posted:

Let me guess there was some kind of chink in the guiding system?





10/10

Perfect timing and delivery.

 

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