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Originally Posted by McG
And remember the russian one that crashed into the nwt a while back?
IIRC, the serious real problem isn't the junk itself, nor the burnup upon re-entry...
its the nuclear fuel on these satellites and other junk and when it falls to earth...it either burns up upon reentry and contaminates the atmosphere...or else it falls to earth and contaminates...well...the earth!
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Nuclear fuel? thought they used oxidizers/combustibles.