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5,800 pounds of batteries tossed off the ISS in 2021 will fall to Earth today
SPACE.com ^
| March 8, 2024
| By Leonard David
Posted on 03/08/2024 11:29:46 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
Shades of the movie Siam Sunset? Don’t lay on the ground outside- be a small target.
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posted on
03/08/2024 1:21:46 PM PST
by
pops88
( Helping usher the glory of God into Las Vegas)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
03/08/2024 2:25:55 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Red Badger
See, batteries don’t last. Someone is always throwing some away somewhere!
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posted on
03/08/2024 2:30:23 PM PST
by
9422WMR
To: Rio
Yeah, even consumer NiMH batteries seem lighter than their NiCad counterparts.
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posted on
03/08/2024 2:36:35 PM PST
by
steve86
(Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
To: Carriage Hill
Couldn’t they figure a way to launch it harmlessly into the SUN?orbital velocity is around 17,000 mph. Escape velocity is around 25,000 mph.
If you want to pay for the vehicle to grab it and then accelerate it to escape velocity, feel free to give Elon Musk a call.
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posted on
03/08/2024 2:36:47 PM PST
by
politicianslie
(SAFE and EFFECTIVE has become SUDDEN and UNEXPECTED. Use Dr. McCullough protocol to beat death! )
To: Red Badger
I don’t know whether to see this as a positive or a negative. In the end watt does it matter anyway?
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posted on
03/08/2024 2:37:18 PM PST
by
Clay Moore
(My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch. )
To: steve86
These are actually Ni/H2. They only contain sintered Nickel and Hydrogen gas in a pressure vessel.
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posted on
03/08/2024 2:40:37 PM PST
by
Rio
To: V_TWIN
Don’t tell John F’ing Kerry about this happening. He might have ketchup fit.
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posted on
03/08/2024 3:23:02 PM PST
by
chopperk
(s to )
To: Carriage Hill
Like I said, you have to get out of the Earth’s gravitational well (about 7000 mph above orbital speed) and then negate most of the earth’s orbital velocity (an additional 67,000 mph) for a total delta-V of **74,000 mph**. IOW, it’s 4 times harder to go from low earth orbit to the sun as it was to get to low earth orbit in the first place.
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posted on
03/08/2024 5:49:12 PM PST
by
Campion
(Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
To: Campion
It took many years for the Messenger probe to orbit Mercury. The probe used many gravity assists with planets to get the necessary speed for the encounter.
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posted on
03/08/2024 6:02:19 PM PST
by
Nateman
(If the Pedo Profit Mad Moe (pig pee upon him!) was not the Antichrist then he comes in second.)
To: politicianslie
“If you want to pay for the vehicle to grab it and then accelerate it to escape velocity, feel free to give Elon Musk a call.”
Screw it; he’s not calling anyone back. Let the stuff drop to Earth.
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posted on
03/08/2024 6:19:25 PM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Red Badger
Two questions -
1 - Did they perform an environmental impact study?
2 - Who did Germany piss off this time?
To: Carriage Hill
Only on a 70s era “Super-Friends” cartoon.
To: Campion
OK, since the Earth’s 75% water, the fish’ll deal with it, then.
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posted on
03/09/2024 7:49:46 AM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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