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Like Skylab: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-05-08/kosmos-482-tracking-data-soviet-venus-space-probe-atmosphere/105269940
Will these soon become an annual or more frequent event? – night skies v. full these days…
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Under international space law, space debris is the property of the original launcher.
However the Soviet Union no longer exists.
The Venera probes were launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (where Borat comes from and whose children have a higher level of educational achievement than Australia’s), now an independent country.
It poses an interesting legal question who owns any debris which lands.
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Waiting for updates.
Every Australian capital city seems to be threatened!
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Jordan Peterson
Joe Rogan Experience episode #2308 @ 1:17:30
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India shot down a Pakistani JF-17 fighter, as things continue to escalate. The pilot was killed.
India claims at least two have been shot down so far.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/operation-sindoor-pakistan-admits-india-shot-down-2-of-its-fighter-jets/articleshow/121004497.cms
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(Bumped.)
Why do 7 out of 15 Greens in Federal Parliament have hyphenated surnames?
https://greens.org.au/mps
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I treat anyone with a hyphenated surname with suspicion…they could be a Green. I think it was designed this way so we can spot them.
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Probably because they are generally the sort of people who would think a lady taking a man’s name on marriage is a hideous outdated sexist tradition.
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