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Re:Abandoned in space in 1967, a US satellite has started tr... by sorokod on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @03:44AM (#12852913)
Um... isn't this indicator of further decay of the system? Like a cadaver that fills up with gas and starts emitting sounds.
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Re:Abandoned in space in 1967, a US satellite has started tr... by qbrass on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @06:58PM (#12860157)
Imagine the cadaver was just some person who walked on a treadmill of a windmill when the wind wasn't blowing. The person died on the treadmill, and since this was out in the middle of nowhere, the whole scene was left untouched.

The corpse gets wedged into the gearing and the machine stops until the body rots enough that what's left falls free and the gears start moving again when the wind blows.

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