June 1, 2005
Kazakhstan's Spaceship Junkyard
Posted by ryan at 10:47 AM in science . | 4 Comments
All space-bound rockets consist largely of fuel tanks and booster stages that fall back to earth when spent, never reaching orbit. In landlocked Baikonur, Russia's primary launching complex in Kazakhstan, these spaceships crash to earth. This photo essay visits the areas where the supporting rockets land, and shows the people living under the flight paths who contend with flaming spaceship wrecks several times each month.
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Cool photos. But it resized my browser window. That always pisses me off. Posted by: karen at June 3, 2005 3:21 PM |
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And were those cows dead? Killed by space debris? Posted by: karen at June 3, 2005 3:24 PM |
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Yep. Posted by: ryan at June 6, 2005 11:12 AM |
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That makes me sad. Posted by: karen at June 6, 2005 11:43 AM |