hazmail Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 I don't think I would be standing anywhere near it, with 80,000 acres to hide in. pete Australian farmer finds mystery space junk - Yahoo!7 News Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clamboni Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 What's a hectare?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazmail Posted March 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 HA! Ha! - 2.47 acres.pete Only 21 days, I fly out of here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike-A-Pike Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Think of 40000 hectares as 154 Sq Miles... And only 22.8 days until you land... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clamboni Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 154 Sq Miles... Good sized piece of land Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philB Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Hi Pete Occurs to me that a ball of space junk falling 27 thousand million miles from space at 5 billion miles an hour would make a hole . Wouldn't it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazmail Posted March 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Yes Phil, could be BS - It would be pretty light though, being carbon fiber with everything melted out of it. That's pretty much sand he is standing on too, so maybe it bounced!! Probably a set line for cod, he pulled out of a river??. pete 20 DAYS and I go into space Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike-A-Pike Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Just the way it looks, it must have been tumbling as it came down. An object like that, spinning in at (what ?) about 1,000 rpm; makes you wounder how many miles it traveled as came into earth's gravity... On the other hand, how about that guy in Sydney who bite the dog (pit bull, I think) to save his mate. Then the claim that it taste "doggy" sounds right. Gents - only 20 days until you fly out, about 21 until you land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazmail Posted April 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 Spike - No, Dave and I will get there before we take off- (Time difference 15-16 hrs) flight time about 14 hrs, so we will be going back in time !! . When I get back here, I lose something like 2 calander days, leave on Wed, land on Friday, I think - figure that out. pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
