Re: why not send old satellites out into space?
- From: "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" <mooregr_deleteth1s@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 00:24:48 GMT
"Eric Chomko" <echomko_at_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> uw_badgers@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> : Ian Stirling wrote:
> : > Because they do not come back intact, but burn up on reentry.
>
> : Not all of it burns up during re-entry, right? From what I recall from
> : news articles that I've read, it usually just breaks up, but pieces
> : still hit the ocean. And sometimes the de-orbit goes awry, so that the
> : satellite does not break up enough, or it doesn't land in the intended
> : area. Isn't it just a matter of time before someone gets killed by a
> : deorbiting satellite?
>
> You are at far more risk being killed in a car accident than by space
> debris. Actually snake bites are a higher probablity of death than space
> debris.
>
> : And aren't there radioactive or other harmful substances on satellites?
>
> Only space probes sent into deep space (beyond Mars) use radioactive
> generators for their source of power.
>
> : That can't be good to be burning up in the atmosphere?
>
> No RTGs with LEO sats.
>
Not any more. THere usedto be.
> Eric
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