EPTNASA Satellite To Crash-Land Friday (23/9) - Page 7
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Inside.Out
Canada569 Posts
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AmericanUmlaut
Germany2571 Posts
On September 24 2011 13:26 Shrimpy949 wrote: Where does it say that? (Not trying to be a dick I am just interested so want to read more about it.) I still read this and to me it reads as the chance of some debris hitting a person on the ground not a specific person. 1 in 3200 seems very high chances for debris to be hitting a specific target. This debate is hilarious. If the odds of any given person being hit were 1 in 3,200, then the expected outcome would be about 1,875,000 people being smashed when the satellite hits. | ||
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Fishball
Canada4788 Posts
There is also a video of the falling UARS in the article, though you can't really see much from it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15034073 | ||
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3DGlaDOS
Germany607 Posts
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Legatus Lanius
2135 Posts
thanks nasa | ||
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Maenander
Germany4919 Posts
On September 24 2011 18:32 Fishball wrote: BBC has a little update. There is also a video of the falling UARS in the article, though you can't really see much from it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15034073 Yeah, this is nothing against Rosat's reentry that will happen at the end of october. The X-ray mirror is pretty heat-resistant which means that 1.6 tons will come down compared to the 500kg of UARS. Germans build pretty robust satellites  Our government is liable for any damage occuring btw. | ||
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B.I.G.
3251 Posts
On September 24 2011 00:24 wBsKillian wrote: I'll stay inside, just to be safe ;'D I dont think a roof will be enough to stop a 100+ kg object that comes falling out of space. | ||
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Grettin
42381 Posts
On September 24 2011 20:25 B.I.G. wrote: I dont think a roof will be enough to stop a 100+ kg object that comes falling out of space. Unless its a bunker. | ||
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Cyber_Cheese
Australia3615 Posts
On September 24 2011 20:25 B.I.G. wrote: I dont think a roof will be enough to stop a 100+ kg object that comes falling out of space. Sure as hell better than no roof isn't it? | ||
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pred470r
Bulgaria3265 Posts
On September 24 2011 20:26 Cyber_Cheese wrote: Sure as hell better than no roof isn't it? Pretty much the same, the only difference is that if you don't have a roof over you, you'll probably see the burning satellite falling on you. | ||
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Meta
United States6225 Posts
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3DGlaDOS
Germany607 Posts
On September 24 2011 20:26 Cyber_Cheese wrote: Sure as hell better than no roof isn't it? Don't worry, my 100 year old house survived both World Wars, it'll deal with these satellite-fragments easily | ||
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SoSexy
Italy3725 Posts
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Meta
United States6225 Posts
On September 24 2011 21:35 SoSexy wrote: I'm confused, yesterday they said it was going to crash over northern Italy, today I red upon Canada? wtf It orbits the earth at a rate of 16.5 times per day so pieces will undoubtedly be falling all over the place. | ||
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Motivate
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gullberg
Sweden1301 Posts
On September 25 2011 00:02 Motivate wrote: 1/3200 of hitting one person is "extremely small"? Then you realise that it's any one person out of 7 billion and it becomes 1/21000000000 | ||
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Motivate
2860 Posts
On September 25 2011 00:07 gullberg wrote: Then you realise that it's any one person out of 7 billion and it becomes 1/21000000000 but they mentioned that the odds of it hitting ANY person is "extremely small" as long as it's not you huh | ||
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taLbuk
Madagascar1879 Posts
On September 25 2011 01:36 Motivate wrote: but they mentioned that the odds of it hitting ANY person is "extremely small" as long as it's not you huh The point is they could have worded it that way and nobody would even be talking about the chances. | ||
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dcemuser
United States3248 Posts
On September 24 2011 21:35 SoSexy wrote: I'm confused, yesterday they said it was going to crash over northern Italy, today I red upon Canada? wtf It's impossible to predict the crash zone until minutes before it happens. Even when they do predict the general area, there is a +/- 7000 km range for the debris (which is massive btw). | ||
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wishbones
Canada2600 Posts
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