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I think Julia Jones @19 has it more correct than Nangleator @34. The US has *already* taken a PR hit before for letting space junk fall out of the sky without doing anything; once this is public, it's better to shoot and reduce your risk.

Sure, Clifton @24, there's sooper seecret spytech on that satellite. And sure, Chris @36, it'll probably be destroyed on re-entry anyway. But why take a chance? It's amazing what survived the wreck of the Columbia; they even retrieved bio experiments from the debris...

I think everyone who stops and thinks about it realizes that the US would like to point out (in case anyone doubted it) that we can shoot down satellites; this is a two-for-one package deal. It's even safer than the Chinese test, since (as has already been noted) the debris will re-enter and won't muck up orbits. (In fact, a big deal was made of this, checking with Atlantis to confirm that it won't intersect their re-entry corridor.)

And I don't have any problem with it. Maybe the hydrazine is a lame reason, but the others are perfectly reasonable.

All I had to do was look up Bistrita to know this would be worth reading. I loved *Mist and Snow* and am looking for more of *Mageworlds*... thanks!

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