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Old June 17th 06, 11:51 AM posted to sci.space.station,sci.space.history
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Default Jettisoned space junk -- how big?

Jim Oberg writes:

More specifically, I'm interested in EVA manual jettsions --
trashbags, spacesuits, unneeded external structureal elements and
packing material, etc. How big have they gotten to be?


Isn't the main figure of merit not size, but density (or rather, the
ratio of frontal area to mass)?

And the smallish ones (too small to track by radar) will tend to be
more dangerous ...

(I'm assuming Jim knows this, so I'm not sure what he's fishing for).