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Posted Thu Mar 12 2009: from Associated Press: Space junk threat worries space station http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1236901986 The crew of the international space station survived a close call with space junk Thursday. The three crew members took refuge for 11 minutes in the Soyuz escape capsule and then were told to go back into the space station. Officials were worried about a possible collision with a piece of space junk. The debris was was about one-third of an inch in width, said NASA spokesman Josh Byerly. [Read more stories about: unintended consequences] New!: Your Quips: Bobo says: "And they could track 1/3 of an inch-wide piece of shit? They have their shit together!" dumbgrid says: "Shit, yeah... they've got... whaddaya call.. microshit measureres." Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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