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Space Junk Tracked

Posted by michael on from the nice-meeting-you dept.

TheToon writes "Remember that "new moon" that turned out to be space junk? NASA has traced the path of it, with an animation. Some close misses on the moon, but it turns out just fine. Junk is on its way now, but might be back in 2040."

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  1. reminds me of futurama by spudwiser · · Score: 3, Funny

    amazing, a stench so powerful it's straight off the funkometer!

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  2. Re:Some disappointed scientists by Bastian · · Score: 3, Funny

    If they were real scientists, they'd build a rocket out of spare parts and make their own seismic phenomena.

  3. hehe by RedWolves2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The animations remind me of that game Spaced Penguin.

    I wonder what NASA's score would have been for launching this?