Rob Matson wrote: "One final thought: I believe the running assumption is that the rocket body exploded due to unspent propellant. Isn't this at least the second CZ that has created a large debris field? I realize that the U.S. is just as guilty with the huge debris field from STEP 2 Pegasus, but it seems irresponsible to continue to launch a booster with a propensity to pollute LEO with dozens or even hundreds of fragments. " Here's an interesting article on that topic: http://www.space.com/space/launches/spacejunk2.html. I picked up two fun satellite debris buzzwords from this article: "passivate" and "pinch point". Also, if you go to the top level of the space.com site and enter "debris" in the Search box, you'll find a number of interesting related articles. -Frank E. Reed Chicago, IL ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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