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Originally Posted by troypiggo
I think that instead of taking photos of them, I'd be huddled in a corner in the fetal position praying they didn't hit the ISS!
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Funny you say that... I was listening to a recent episode of Dr Karl's Science on Mornings on the Triple J radio station where they had Dr Gregory Chamitoff as a guest. He's an astronaut and was on the last Atlantis mission.
On the show, he said that NASA tracks all objects in space larger than a golf ball (I think) to determine whether they'd be on a collision course with the ISS. If they detect it early enough, they'll manoeuvre the ISS out of the way. Otherwise, if they can't or if it will still be a close call, all the astronauts get into the Soyuz escape pod and huddle there until the object passes. Scary stuff!
If you're interested, the full podcast is available here:
http://www.abc.net.au/science/audio/...04/3285361.htm