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When that movie came out, I was studying a basic astronomy course at the university and we were going through some simple orbital mechanics. We had a long discu
by exDM69 9y ago
When that movie came out, I was studying a basic astronomy course at the university and we were going through some simple orbital mechanics. We had a long discussion about can the debris of Hubble hit the ISS or not.
The conclusion was probably not, but under perfect storm circumstances (and especially timing) a fragment or two might not be out of the question.