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raymond - 2004-10-11 08:35:57
Space Junk
she was walking all alone
down the street in the alley
her name was sally
she never saw it
when she was hit by space junk
in new york miami beach
heavy metal fell in cuba
angola saudi arabia
on xmas eve said norad
a soviet sputnik hit africa
india venezuela (in texas
kansas)
it's falling fast peru too
it keeps coming
and now i'm mad about space junk
i'm all burned out about space junk
oooh walk & talk about space junk
it smashed my baby's head
and now my sally's dead
Devo, 1978
For Devo's impact on NASA, scroll down to or "find" Devo in Article 3.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-10-11 09:26:42 Fabulous post, Raymond--great stuff, thank you. Very interesting article. Excerpt: "[E]very time a satellite is put into orbit, more debris is created...NASA predicts that if the amount of debris exceeds 150,000 fragments of 1 centimetre or larger, space flight could become impossible [currently at 100,000]. Every spacecraft would have to run the gauntlet of the orbiting junk cloud." What a phrase. Orbiting junk cloud. * * * * * * * * * * * * Murph - 2004-10-11 16:05:10 Maybe the use of "mph" instead of "kph" is meant to subtly point a finger at America's contribution?* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-10-11 16:16:15 That's an interesting idea. I'm sure we're the #1 contributor to that orbiting junk cloud.* * * * * * * * * * * * tom - 2004-10-11 16:59:29 Oddly enough, the Brits still measure distance in miles, though weights and volumes are in metric. Dunno why.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura (thoroughly confused now) - 2004-10-11 17:02:47 Hmmm...but it was used to refer to speed...I didn't know they measured distance in miles.* * * * * * * * * * * * add your comment: |