Allen Thomson said (some snipped) > > What is the likelihood dangerous things such as hydrazine or other > toxic/explosive/ radioactive/icky materials would be found in these objects? > I don't know about debris which has re entered but there is a great deal of concern about a rise in birth defects and other symptoms in arctic Russia. Some have blamed contamination from the large number of 1st and 2nd stage booster debris discarded from launches from Plesetsk (sp?). Apparently some launches to LEO leave a large amounyt of hydrazine and other propellent liquids in the tanks which are then released into the environment on impact. Some nomadic herders also use the metal from boosters for building ! pj 53.38 N 1.46 W +220m ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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