Thar she blows!

[qerlin]

Well, that's it...Mir's in the drink, safe and sound.

So much for the free taco.

[Phantom]

I don't know why everyone was worried...It always seemed to me that keeping the thing up there was the hard part. Bring it down should have been a piece of cake.

Seriously, what a light show it would have been. End of an era. Dosvaydania (hope I at least came close to spelling that properly.)

[Kaiddin]

I was okay about Mir coming down until the news services started showing where they expected it to land. It reminded me of Skylab. No chance of hitting land they said. It hit the North West Territories.
This in mind, I thought for sure it would hit in Australia or Argentina.

[Owen E Oulton]

Skylab impacted in the Australian Outback. A piece of it killed a cow.

The one that hit the NWT was Cosmos 956. It was potentially a big problem because it was a nuclear powered satellite, and the Russians were not forthcoming on how much radioactive material was aboard or what isotopes were involved.

And before anyone gets too busy ragging on Mir, let's just remember that it was sent up for a 5-year life span, and they got 15 out of it. Beats many of NASA's accomplishments hollow - including Skylab.

[SIR SIG]

Worried!

After Skylab and the fact Mir's decent path was over Australia, I think that enough concern for worry.

And the fact that the Russian Space agency took out a rather large insurance policy seems to indicate some concern for hitting land!

Alas it is also a prudent step in this case as well!

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'...The Borg have stopped at deck 10...'
'...Deflector Control, no vital systems...'

Not a vital system! What the heck do you think stops the ship going 'poof' every time it goes to warp?

- ST:First Contact; Lt Hawk

[Captain Novaes]

Do svidanya, Mir ! Spasibo tebe, toje ! Tvoi primernii sluzhbe budiem vsiegdah pomnit !

Or something like "Good bye, Mir, and thank you also ! Your exemplary service will always be remembered"



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No matter where you go, there you are.

[Sevekk]

Goodbye old friend, You will be missed, You served well.



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Doug Odell