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An event mentioned in this article is a May 14 selected anniversary
The article seems to mention that Skylab reentered on both 11 July and 16 July 1979. NASA's resources [1] all seem to indicate that the correct date is 11 July, but I can't find anything to confirm or refute the time or other information in the paragraph regarding debris field, etc. Perhaps someone with a better idea of where to look could fact-check that. Chris 13:25, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Littering?
Is it true that the Australian authorities sent NASA a fine for littering when Skylab crashed down?
- Yeah, I've got a book somewhere mentioning that. When I find which one it is, I'll add that to the article and cite it. —User:ACupOfCoffee@ 17:51, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
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- It wasn't so much a fine for littering as a bill for the clean-up, although someone may have phrased it that way to the media. Remember, this was a year or so after the Cosmos 954 incident in Canada. Governments were getting PO'd at having to pay for this kind of thing and the Canadians had set a precident. CFLeon 01:57, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
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- This article specifically mentions a $400 fine "for littering," but it's misleading to say that "the Australian government" issued it. The referenced Space.com story indicates that it was at worst a municipal fine:
- At the time of Skylab’s crash to Earth, her husband Mervin also was president of Esperance shire. He issued the Americans a ticket for littering, a fine which to this day remains unpaid. Others who achieved notoriety from Skylab’s fall was 17-year-old local boy Stan Thornton. He scooped a few pieces of Skylab off the roof of his home and caught the first flight to San Francisco, where he collected a $10,000 prize from the San Francisco Examiner.
- Stan Thornton is presumably the "Australian farmer" mentioned in our article. The Space.com story also directly contradicts the claim that "three cows were reportedly killed by debris," inasmuch as it says "no injuries were reported, not even of cattle kept outdoors." —Eric S. Smith 13:30, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
- I noticed the same contradiction; that's the reason I came to the talk page. I'm deleting the reference to "three killed cows" until someone can provide a source to cite. --TheLimbicOne(talk) 04:07, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
- This article specifically mentions a $400 fine "for littering," but it's misleading to say that "the Australian government" issued it. The referenced Space.com story indicates that it was at worst a municipal fine:
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[edit] Featured Article
Skylab was "Today's featured article" a while back, but it is not, and appears to have never been, a featured article? Why? --GW_Simulations|User Page | Talk | Contribs | E-mail 23:23, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Link description cannot be right
A new link was recently added: http://www.maniacworld.com/skylab.htm According to it, the video was taken as Skylab 2 was approaching the station. But this can't be correct. Skylab 2 was the first manned mission. If it was approaching the station for the first time, the solar panel would not be free and the sunshade would not be deployed. Something should be done.
