Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-07-10 12:30:51 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 64AC2FBC6EEE702B973D3F37E5268AFFA16BF3438CECCA5F0B2C93FF3EDE9D77
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Original Note:
There is no verified evidence of Skylab killing a cow. This misconception might stem from a 1979 New York Times article about Skylab re-entry, which mentioned a separate incident in 1961 in which a cow in Cuba was killed by debris from a failed rocket launch: https://www.nytimes.com/1979/07/08/archives/nasa-is-ready-for-the-inevitable-sort-of.html
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