Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!ispd-newsserver!kodak!eastman!b56vxg.dnet@kodak.com!harding From: harding%b56vxg.dnet@kodak.com (JON HARDING) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: space junk and shuttle Message-ID: <1880@eastman.UUCP> Date: 25 Apr 91 18:27:51 GMT Sender: news@eastman.UUCP Reply-To: harding%b56vxg.dnet@kodak.com Distribution: usa Organization: Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester NY, USA Lines: 8 News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4 I have read that there is a lot of stuff floating around up there. So... Do the shuttle pilots/ground staff have to steer around this junk? Is the junk spread out over such a wide area, (3D), that the probability of collision is negligible? If not, how do they avoid old junk or KH-12s? N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J | Jon Harding, N2KZJ email: harding%b56vxg.dnet@Kodak.COM | | * I don't represent KODAK by word or deed. * | N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J