Re: Debris Hits on Endeavour

Mike DiMuzio (mdimuzio@cisnet.com)
Mon, 21 Dec 1998 22:09:52 +0000 

Earl Needham wrote:
> 
> 
>         My email has been down for almost a week, sorry for the delay.
> 
>         Just what would the orbiter hit?  Other than various small pieces of the
> STS itself?  Meteorites?  Debris from earlier/other missions?  Nails on the
> road?  <G>
> 
>         Earl
> 
> Earl Needham, KD5XB    mailto:KD5XB@AMSAT.ORG
> Clovis, New Mexico      DM84 N34.403 W103.334

	Mainly space junk, althoug there might be some from meteorites.  
A previous shuttle mission came close to losing a window from a piece of 
space debris, although I can't remember which.

Mike
-- 
41.087N  80.722W 330 meters

Mike DiMuzio    mdimuzio@cisnet.com