NASA Satellite To Crash-Land Friday (23/9) - Page 2

On September 24 2011 00:28 pred470r wrote:

If it falls there, those native african tribes are in for a big surprise.

On September 24 2011 00:33 gogogadgetflow wrote:
NASA has really taken an interest in fighting AIDS huh?

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On September 24 2011 02:49 Hikari wrote:
With all the advancement in missiles, can't we like, shoot down the satellite before it lands?

On September 24 2011 00:22 Pandemona wrote:
Im suprised this hasn't be posted but did a search and nothing came up.



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NASA reports an "old" Satellite which was used to check the Atmosphere around the earth is on a crash course with the Earth today (Friday 23/9 GMT) and doesn't excatly know where it is going to crash causing some "drama" around the world.

Reports are that it will be somewhere between 57degree's North and 57degree's South of the equator (kind of a big estimate huh?) so many people remain un aware of what to do.

They think only small parts of the BEASTLY satellite station will be in tact after the Atmoshphere has eaten it up, but still parts as big as 160KGs may still be in tact and on a collision course with the Earth.



So to my Team Liquid friends, dont forget to wear you Hard Hat this evening.



EDIT: 1 in 3200 is not that great of odds be careful!!!!


EDIT2: Thanks to Qlud for these nice links.
Follow Current Position Of Satellite Here
Check Predicted Are Of Impact Here

On September 24 2011 02:59 Shrimpy949 wrote:
Keep in mind that it's 1 in 3200 that it hits someone... anyone. So if this happened everyday debris would hit someone roughly once every 8-9 years. And even then it only hits one person. So 1 in 3200 chance it hits someone and then a 1 in 7 000 000 000 chance it hits you.

So the chances of YOU being hit are about 1 in 22 400 000 000 000. Even if it was guarenteed to hit someone thats still 1 in 7 000 000 000.

I wouldn't think twice about it.