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more about #eas more comments → infmom: First Skylab, now this. Way to go NASA. more » the facetious feline: Why wouldn't they launch this stuff in the other direction ... you know into the vastness of space instead of at planet earth? more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: "That's not a tank." Pulls out ammonia tank. "Now that's a tank mate!" more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: This ammonia tank was slightly larger than a can of Fosters beer so I don't think they would have noticed. more » pleasenopuffin: Yeah, the skylab killed a bunny. The first and only time so far something was killed by falling man made space debris. more » strider_mt2k: Residents were warned that the fog of ammonia might actually render their windows cleaner, but advised that newspaper and "some good old elbow grease"... more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: So even in space we're throwing sh*t out the window while cruising down the interstellar highway. Very nice. more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: "Known as the Early Ammonia Servicer" Well I don't know who Ammonia is but I'm pretty sure he (or she) is pissed that they're not getting serviced any... more » Kaiser-Machead: :O more » LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: I guess this wouldn't be as cool as when Donnie Darko's bedroom was hit with a jet engine from the future...right? more » 92BuickLeSabre: "...the size of a Buick" Really? That's the comparison you chose to use? Thanks Jack. more » -
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NASA Nearly Bombs Australia With 1400lb Ammonia Tank
Jettisoned over a year ago and expected to reenter the Earth's atmosphere on its own time somewhere in the beginning of November, one of the ISS's retired coolant tanks has careened through the Earth's atmosphere in the skies off the coast of Australia. Two lucky things happened here: the reentry took place — and this was completely up to chance — over water, and the atmosphere broke the 1400lb tank into lots of small pieces. More »
