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From: thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: LDEF
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Date: 10 Nov 89 00:38:06 GMT
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tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff) writes:
> 
> It ought to be an international agreement that anything large enough to
> be dangerous on re-entry must orbit high enough to stay up for decades.
> LDEF, Max, Skylab, and all that Soviet iron are Damoclean hazards.  Not
> to mention damn expensive to lose at a year's slippage.
> --

Why should things which could hit earth on re-entry be required to stay
up for decades?  It just means that our generation doesn't have to worry
about it, but a future earth (with a denser population -- more chance of
it hitting someone).

                         - tom
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