In this day and age of environmental awareness I could not believe my eyes as Nasa dumped a 600+ kg amonia tank from the space station into space today.
What sort of message is this leaving to the litterers on our polluted planet? Nasa claims a one in 5000 chance of it hitting something or someone when it eventually re enters the atmosphere and lands---I wish I had those low odds in tattslotto!
Correct me if I'm wrong but the space shuttle usually returns with an empty cargo bay, why wasnt it safely shipped back?
Alex.