Lost in Space? Lots of Junk »

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It's a junkyard out there in space and sometimes astronauts accidentally contribute to the litter. In 1965, the first American spacewalker, Ed White, lost a spare glove when he went outside for the first time. From that time on, astronauts have accidentally added some of the more unusual items to the 100,000 pieces of space trash that circle Earth.

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hackthis
Sept. 16, 2006, 9:35 a.m.
why is it so hard to leave some place the way we found it?
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pagey
Sept. 16, 2006, 11:56 a.m.
Or in better shape, might be hard to do that in space though.
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JohnChasWebb
Sept. 16, 2006, 4:51 p.m.
It seems that most Westerners, wherever they may go, always leave a little pile of rubbish to remember them by.
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CameronKollwitz
Sept. 17, 2006, 1:20 a.m.
Send it all to the sun I say!
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infantryman
Sept. 17, 2006, 2:30 a.m.
When was the last time a man cleaned up after himself? If you want the mess cleaned up, send their wives up after them.
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Jbasq
Sept. 17, 2006, 3:53 a.m.
its space so who cares. maybe we should dump more trash into space to make room on earth