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sofa king

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9. There was a glove, a spatula, a toolbag....

Mon May 20, 2013, 10:56 AM

May 2013

Here's "Heidi's toolbag" being launched on its own independent orbit:

Later, the toolbag was actually filmed by some guy on the ground in Ontario:

http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=23&month=11&year=2008

At one point, a 1400 lb ammonia tank was deliberately tossed overboard from the ISS. It took over a year to decay and reenter the atmosphere, but the disposal costs were very low.

One of the major pollutants in LEO was... pee. But now the ISS recycles, so there's less of that.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/02/spacestuff/

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Every Known Piece Of Space Debris Orbiting The Earth [View all] n2doc May 2013 OP

Is that my sock? zbdent May 2013 #1

There was a glove, a spatula, a toolbag.... sofa king May 2013 #9

thanks for posting this. Tuesday Afternoon May 2013 #2

Now where did I put my metric socket wrench? longship May 2013 #3

We really DO poop in our own bed, don't we?. . . . n/t annabanana May 2013 #4

Bullseye. At some point too much junk makes getting off planet FogerRox May 2013 #6

For the second space program, that is. sofa king May 2013 #8

A fact is a hoax to these flat-earthers. nt caledesi May 2013 #5

I think that points to two things tech3149 May 2013 #7

Looks like the electrons within their shells; greiner3 May 2013 #10

Looks like Pig Pen on a planetary scale. Th1onein May 2013 #11

That's a shit-load of garbage sakabatou May 2013 #12

We built that?! joshdawg May 2013 #13