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LegendofNation
March 2nd, 2009, 04:34 PM
only 40,000 fucking miles away! We have satellites in orbit farther away from Earth than that. This thing was only discovered on FRIDAY????

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,503164,00.html
wheelbilly
March 2nd, 2009, 10:32 PM
only 40,000 fucking miles away! We have satellites in orbit farther away from Earth than that. This thing was only discovered on FRIDAY????

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,503164,00.html

Sheesh, I read some of the articles the first one linked to and found that we got hit by one last Oct. 7, without any ill effect. :nana: Dang thing blew up when it hit the atmosphere. It looks like this one was bigger, however.
SoftballVol
March 3rd, 2009, 11:59 AM
only 40,000 fucking miles away! We have satellites in orbit farther away from Earth than that.
What satellites do we have higher than ~23,000 miles?
Chiutfan
March 3rd, 2009, 12:22 PM
what I want to know is how these things manage to avoid the billons of space junk we leave up there? and what would happen if one actally nailed a piece up there, could it be bumped into the atmosphere?