Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/09/23/earths-new-mini-moon-may-actually-be-1960s-space-junk.html
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Twinkle twinkle little star
Now I found out what you are
A lump of rusting rocket case
A rubbish tip in outer space
- Spike Milligan
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They missed a chance to call it ‘SO 2020’.
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A bit “on the nose” for 2020…
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I say we send up Bruce Willis in a shuttle and finally bring this lady home!
What would they give for it at the Deposit Depot Bottle, Can & Booster Retrieval Center?
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To reduce unnecessary stress during these incredibly stressful times, please note that the Judica-Cordiglia recordings (and their interpretations) have been suspect for decades:
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Do things rust in outer space?
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V’ger?
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It should be a collectible by now. Post it on Craigslist.
Garbage mountain → garbage barge → garbage train → oceanic garbage patches → orbital garbage ring → garbage on the moon → garbage moon. 
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“Sorry, 'taint a new moon,” said Paul Chodas, head of NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies.
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i’m rusting right now!
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Not without oxygen.
Also: disappointed not to see any “That’s no moon” posts yet.
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Atomic Oxygen can be found in space, though whether it’s a factor in this particular case depends on how distantly it orbits the earth.
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Agreed. But as far as the test of time, this recording is even more frightening & unsettling today. Blair Witch Project seems tame in comparison.
Like this?
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Since no one said it yet: What goes around comes around…
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Any ideas that lead to less litter (and space junk) sound good to me. 
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