Re: [sarex] MIR

["Murray Peterson" <promise@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Sent: Saturday, August 28, 1999 7:38 AM
Subject: Re: [sarex] MIR


>
>
> On Fri, 27 Aug 1999 K6due@aol.com wrote:
>
> > MOSCOW (AP) - The last full-time crew undocked from the Mir and glided
toward
> > Earth early Saturday, bidding farewell to the rust-stained, rattling,
> > 13-year-old Russian space station in preparation for its abandonment
next
> > year.
> >
>
>
> Rust stained, rattling ...
>
> Peculiar viewpoint, isn't it ?
>
> I wonder if only US aluminum doesn't rust ...
> Or maybe it is because the Shuttle Columbia (18 years old) get a good
> scrape and a face lift after each mission.
>
> Sorry Roy. It is just that I hate this kind of news reports.
>
> 73s
>
> Fabrizio Bernardini
> fbi@aec2000.it
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I also find the way journalists report things wird. The first requirement it
seems for some journalists is ignorance! What else could you say?

I drive arround in this car (generally described as an old bomb), well, a
1973 Landrover which is made of aluminium and yes it does have its short
commings, but I have never seen the aluminium rust! In the vacuum of space
unprotected steel will not rust, in fact, even very reactive metals such as
Sodium or Potasium would not corrode.

Regards,

Murray Peterson
VK2KGM
Sydney, Australia

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