[meteorite-list] Phobos-Grunt May Crash to Earth on January 15th

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 12:39:03 -0600
Message-ID: <9F1A3FF844B044258B68D8028F0B6F3A_at_ATARIENGINE2>

I'm thinking a sign with a big down-arrow
and attached streamers and party balloons,
in my front yard.

Sterling
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Phobos-Grunt May Crash to Earth on January
15th


> Hi List,
>
> We now have a garbage dump orbiting Earth, and it's no surprise that
> we are seeing increased incidents of space junk returning home. For
> collectors of manmade meteorites and "flown" space artifacts, this
> will be a bonanza. For the rest of us - look out!
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
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> checkout. :)
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> On 1/5/12, Ron Baalke <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
>>
>> http://www.space.com/14143-doomed-mars-probe-phobos-grunt-crash-january-15.html
>>
>> Doomed Russian Mars Probe May Crash to Earth on Jan. 15
>> by Mike Wall
>> space.com
>> 05 January 2012
>>
>> A failed Russian Mars probe is expected to come crashing back to
>> Earth next
>> weekend, according to news reports.
>>
>> The Phobos-Grunt spacecraft was stranded in Earth orbit shortly after
>> its
>> Nov. 8 launch, and it's been circling lower and lower ever since.
>> Russian
>> space
>> officials now estimate that the probe will meet its fiery demise in
>> Earth's
>> atmosphere next Sunday (Jan. 15).
>>
>> "As of Wednesday morning, the fragments of Phobos-Grunt are expected
>> to fall
>> January 15, 2012," Alexei Zolotukhin, spokesman for Russia's military
>> space
>> forces,
>> told Russian news agencies Wednesday (Jan. 4), according to
>> Agence-France
>> Presse.
>> "The final date could change due to external factors."
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