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There was no incident involving Skylab and a cow.

Are you mixing it up with a Cuban owned cow and a different launch almost 20 years before Skylab?

Huh, I didn't realize that hadn't been Skylab! Looks like it's a somewhat popular myth arising from some stories about Skylab's reentry mentioning the cow incident.

It did come down in Western Australia though, the remote local council sent the US government a ~$100 fine for littering. Pretty sure they paid it.

Edit: They never paid it, and it was $400

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/70708/nasas-unpaid-400-l...

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