[FPSPACE] ESA TV Space debris

[John Locker]

Yesterday , ESA TV ( satellite ) broadcast an excellent short video about 
space debris......and included brief glimpses of ESA radar pics of Mir and 
one of the shuttle fleet

http://television.esa.int/default.cfm

Summary....
Most telescopes on Earth spend their time unveiling the mysteries of the 
Universe. But some like the European Space Agency Teide observatory on the 
Canary Islands are used to search, track, identify and catalogue less 
glorious aspects of space exploration f.i. Space Debris.

The script is online as a PDF file under 
http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS55340.pdf

A WMV preview clip is online under 
http://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/videos/mphi/SPACE_DEBRIS_dv_17-01-08_wmphigh.wmv


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Unfortunately the archive version is not yet in the ESA files , but should 
be within a week or two and is worth watching out for.

John

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