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Skylab's impending demise in 1979 was an international media event, [150] with T-shirts and hats with bullseyes [9] and "Skylab Repellent" with a money-back guarantee, [151] wagering on the time and place of re-entry, and nightly news reports.
However, after the album was released, Skylab was slightly unsatisfied with the final product, claiming that he had little creative control over production and that it had "way too much keyboards", what led him to give up signing with labels and taking a "do-it-yourself approach" for his subsequent albums. [5]
On July 11, 1979, the US Skylab space station (77,100 kilograms [170,000 lb]) reentered and spread debris across the Australian Outback. [76] The reentry was a major media event largely due to the Cosmos 954 incident, but not viewed as much as a potential disaster since it did not carry toxic nuclear or hydrazine fuel.
NASA expected that the Shuttle would be ready by 1979, and Skylab would not re-enter until the early 1980s. Another factor was that, in 1975, it was decided not to launch a second Skylab ; this gave a boost to Skylab re-use plans. As it was, the Shuttle was not ready until the early 1980s, and Skylab's orbit decayed in 1979. [5]
Skylab [3] USA: 69,000 kg (152,000 lb) 11 July 1979: 6 years: Partially Controlled: 14 May 1973 Salyut 7/Cosmos 1686: USSR: 40,000 kg (88,000 lb) 7 February 1991: 8 years: Uncontrolled: 13 May 1982 S-II Stage / Skylab: USA 36,200 kg (79,700 lb) 11 January 1975 18 Months Uncontrolled 14 May 1973 STS external tank (Standard Tank) USA
Efforts by non-NASA professionals led to clear results. First, if Skylab had come down on or near a major city, the two-hour warning would have risked an urban panic. That panic would have been more dangerous than the satellite reentry. Second, Skylab was projected to break up to some 5,000 lethal pieces. A danger to man, animal, and airplane.
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According to Skylab, the album's name (and the trilogy it is part of) was inspired by a controversial statement given by fellow musician Lulu Santos in late December 2017, in which he stated "MPB was de-evolving into its 'anal phase'", alluding to the then-recently released music video for Anitta's "Vai Malandra". [2]