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From: maw@homxc.UUCP
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Objects for the Smithsonian (was: Space News...)
Message-ID: <1444@homxc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 28-Sep-87 10:19:13 EDT
Article-I.D.: homxc.1444
Posted: Mon Sep 28 10:19:13 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 29-Sep-87 04:17:42 EDT
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel
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Summary: There are some 'historic' ones still up there.
Xref: linus sci.space:3066 sci.space.shuttle:359

In article <2395@cbmvax.UUCP>, grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes:
> if NASA was to go off and to recover some nice historic space or even
> lunar debris, I'm sure the Smithsonian would love to put it on display.
> Unfortunatly, I suspect all the well known "historic" satellites have
> long since reentered.  Anyone want to start a pool on the first manned
> mission to geo-synchronous orbit?

   There is a document available from the government (published by NASA,
   I think) called "Satellite Situation Report" which is a list of all the
   objects being tracked in space.  There are still some golden-oldies on
   the list.


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