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Skylab Littering Fee Paid

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:26 am
by Vincent
It turns out, NASA never paid the $400 fine that the Australian city of Esperance levied on NASA when parts of Skylab fell on their city.

But a DJ in Barstow, with help from listeners, did.

See here for the close to this historic Space Camp story!

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:56 am
by Benji
Another link to the same story: Radio DJ heads to Australia to pay NASA litter fine

It's hard enough getting people to donate to a good cause, who would want to donate to a government fine? Maybe we could take up a collection for my taxes?

Here's another cool story about experiencing the crash at the time: Esperance 'will never forget' Skylab crash