Re: Mir is leaking?

Dale Ireland (direland@drdale.com)
Thu, 14 Oct 1999 10:27:01 -0700 

Florida Today has the same article, with that same wording. I think it is
translated from Russian. It also says MIR is dropping 200 yards a day which
probably was written as 200 meters per day.

Brian Hunter wrote:

> I don't think the two comments are related.
>
> Mir has been leaking for months and I am not surprised that this continues.
>
> Drag will lower the orbit.  Physics has not been repealed.
>
> Has anyone done a calculation on when Mir might reenter if control were lost
> today??  Alan?
>
> BKH
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hedgepet@stihl.de <Hedgepet@stihl.de>
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> Date: Thursday, October 14, 1999 12:06 PM
> Subject: Mir is leaking?
>
> >Everyone,
> >
> >I found this today.  First paragraph from linked story:
> >
> >The beleaguered Mir space station, unmanned since August, is leaking oxygen
> >and gradually losing altitude as a result, but this not should cause it to
> >crash or become uninhabitable, the Russian Space Agency says.
> >
> >Later.
> >
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