Mir reentry, more

From: Allen Thomson (thomsona@flash.net)
Date: Mon Oct 23 2000 - 07:51:34 PDT

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More details, courtesy of James Oberg:

> Russian experts draft Mir space lab sinking scenario
> Sunday, October 22, 2000 3:23 AM EST
   [EXCERPTS]
>      MOSCOW, October 22 (Itar-Tass) - Russian experts chose one of the
four
> possible scenarios to end the life of 15-year old 130-ton Mir space
station
> and are now awaiting for a government decision. "The preliminary scenario
of
> sinking the Mir which can be accomplished in February 2001 has been
prepared",
> deputy  mission head Viktor Blagov told Tass on Sunday...
>      The chosen scenario envisages that two Progress cargo spaceships will
> lower the Mir orbit to 80 kilometers and the space lab will then enter the
> dense layers of the atmosphere where most of it will burn down. The
remains
> of the station will fall in a fixed area of the Pacific Ocean.


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