Posts Tagged space junk

Earth is the Planet of Space Junk

Posted by mistergroonk in Space on July 21, 2008

What? Did you think some great Space Janitor crawled from bed each night to clean up all the dead satellites, empty space craft shells, and monkey wrenches from Earth orbit? Or did you think everything magically had a death orbit and would fall back to Earth in a fury of fire?

Seriously, people. What were you thinking happened?

(via discovery news)

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Small Canadian Town was Poisoned, from Space

Posted by mistergroonk in Science, Space on January 29, 2008

Don’t get any fucking new ideas, Chris Carter. Better yet, don’t bother revisiting old ones.

crater-324x205.jpg Well water of the tiny Canadian town of Gypsumville, Manitoba (population 65) has been poisoned by an extraterrestrial.

The invader: A meteorite which struck down almost a quarter-billion years ago, creating the 25-mile-wide (40-kilometer) Lake Martin impact crater.

The ancient impact shattered the granitic ground so that extraordinary amounts of fluoride now taint the well water. Slightly higher than recommended amounts of fluoride can cause mottled teeth, while even higher concentrations can lead to neurological problems and softened bones.

This is could be the first time a meteor impact has been tied to a modern health threat, say the geologists who made the discovery.

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