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To: maceng2 who wrote (6357)	1/20/2007 1:47:25 PM
From: Think4Yourself	of 6370

That's true. There WAS a test by the US 22 years ago, the first and last time anything like this happened before this week. The situation was a LOT different back then. For one thing the cold war was going on and worldwide nuclear annihilation was a very real prospect. For another, there were a lot fewer satellites in orbit then, and most of them were military. Lastly, Congress had the brains back then to put an end to the nonsense. 66.218.69.11 ... On 13 September, a USAF F-15 piloted by Maj Wilbert Pearson launched an ASAT missile at the P78-1 solar observatory satellite, Solwind. The MHV struck the satellite, shattering it into 250-350 pieces. A stiffer congressional ban was imposed after the test. The Air Force could not test the US ASAT unless the Soviets tested theirs. ... They actually cared enough to try and count how many pieces were created, even at that low altitude. FWIW the missile was traveling at about 4 miles per second at impact.

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