NASA's Skylab $400 Littering Fine Paid By DJ

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday July 14, 2009 @04:32AM from the you-gonna-pick-that-up? dept.

astroengine writes "Space Disco speaks with a Californian radio DJ about his role in raising, and paying, NASA's 30-year old littering fine levied by a Western Australian town. Skylab parts fell on Esperance in 1979, but the space agency's refusal to pay $400 has resulted in an entertaining annual grudge. Now the Barstow radio DJ is guest of honor at this weekend's 30th anniversary celebrations in Oz and the two small towns at opposite ends of the Pacific will be twinned... all because Skylab had a messy re-entry..."

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Re:Wait Until NASA Is Fined For +1, Helpful by cthulu_mt · 2009-07-14 05:18 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Vonnegut was a shitty writer. That is all.

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Re:Just wait! by Anonymous Coward · 2009-07-14 08:25 · Score: -1, Flamebait

You sure do know how to kill a lighthearted joke. Notice how you don't really have any close friends in real life? Those sort of behaviors are exactly why. You should work on changing that.