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Science nerd warning: Track China's Taingong degrading orbit in real-time . (Original Post) ffr Mar 2018 OP
Fascinatingly scary. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2018 #1
When Skylab was fixing to fall out of the sky gratuitous Mar 2018 #2
Hope it lands in the ocean Demovictory9 Mar 2018 #3
The odds are that it will. DavidDvorkin Mar 2018 #4

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2. When Skylab was fixing to fall out of the sky
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 02:21 PM
Mar 2018

There were contingency plans drawn up in my state in the unlikely event Skylab should land in Oregon. Some wags (not me, quit lookin' at me) dubbed the program, "Oregon ducks."

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