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Kazakhstan's Spaceship Junkyard

Posted by Zonk on from the mos-eisley dept.

Richard W.M. Jones writes "What happens to the booster stages of rockets? They fall back to earth, and in most cases into the oceans. But not in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, where the first stages fall over populated farmland. The locals have become rich dealing in the titanium-rich scrap metal as this article and this remarkable photo essay show. So far the only casualties seem to have been a few dead cows."

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  1. Re:Wow.. by silverkz · · Score: 1, Troll

    Huh? No way. The EPA would rush in...confiscate the property and fine the owners for the clean-up costs.

  2. Re:Dead cows... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    No, this is how cattle mutilations happen:

    http://www.geocities.com/angiemtg/

  3. Re:Wow.. by axonal · · Score: 1, Troll

    A more appropriate US response would be declaring the family part of a terrorist cell.

  4. Re:I liked Kazakhstan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I did find the food to be somewhat unique

    (Pedant mode ON)
    You can't find something to be "somewhat unique" since the word unique defines an absolute.

    Either something is unique or it isn't -- it's a bit like saying that a chick is a little bit pregnant.
    (Pedant mode OFF)

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