Who knows? Something the Soviets had that either A) We didn't want them to know we had (most likely), or B) Something we didn't want the general public to be aware the soviets had the technology to orbit

I don't know why having fragments (or even the entire object) affects this?

LOL - Four of us had the same thought within 1 minute of each other

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"I have this theory that the Apollo missions were faked when NASA found out that general relativity was wrong because the Earth was expanding due to the Sun's iron core being influenced by magnetic waves from the electric universe after being perturbed by Planet X and thereby causing global warming. Where should I start a thread about this?" ~ ToSeek

"Those are the people that wonder how a thermos knows whether to keep something hot or keep something cold." ~ NeoWatcher