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"Larry" wrote in message
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"Capt. JG" wrote in news:13rqcojfhk0j070
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/0...own/index.html


"The fuel tank probably would have survived re-entry if the satellite had
fallen to Earth on its own. That could have dispersed harmful or even
potentially deadly fumes over an area the size of two football fields.
Hydrazine is similar to chlorine or ammonia in that it affects the lungs
and breathing tissue."

Government bureaucrats can sure come up with some whoppers, can't they?

I thought cover stories should be remotely feasable to someone of average
intellegence.



Don't look up Larry. The sky is falling.... literally.

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