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Traffic Cops for Space

Posted by michael on from the alternate-side-of-the-orbit-rules-are-in-effect dept.

The NY Times has a good story about a push for international action, via the UN, on the growing problem of space debris. Includes a pretty picture of a space shuttle window that got nailed by a fleck of paint.

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  1. Fuck the U.N. When they pay the bills. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    When this worthless, money hungry, do nothing, communist organization starts funding space missions, then they can have a say.

    Geez, penniless beggers pay for something?

    Get the US out of the UN!!!

  2. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Space debris removes the UN

  3. Re:And why did they do nothing ? by rossz · · Score: 0, Troll

    Let's look at the facts: a UN peacekeeping mission, the camp was being protected by mostly Canadian troops. The UN refuses to allow the Canadian troops to use lethal force. How did this become the United States fault?

    Oh, right. You're an anonymous coward. It's always the fault of the US.

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