Hello List Yesterday (22.Aug.2001), sitting relaxed in the nearby park, we observed Iridium 75 flaring *very bright* (-7mag predicted by HA) at 20.00.40 UTC exactly in time. I tried to catch it on film. After this observation we continued to discuss about different satellite topics and somehow it came up that there are satellites with atomic reactors "up there" which will decay in the atmosphere for sure. I read about cosmos 954 which came down in Canada in 1978, spreading itīs 40+something kilogram of enriched Uranium over the landscape. I remember suggestions here at this list about a satellite with "coma", because it lost itīs atomic reactors cooling agent into space. Who knows, how many reactors are up there? Embedded in what satellites? Any plans to bring them back safely? :-) How, in general, it was possible to solve the (veeery heavy) radiation shielding which made reactor driven aircrafts obsolete (because they where too heavy to lift off...)? Thanks in advance Dennis Berlin somewhere about 52.5N 13.4E -- GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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