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Thursday, September 22, 2011

It's A Bird It's A Plane...No... It's A Satellite!


Don’t let the satellite fall near you! An amateur astronomer recently found a falling satellite that is headed our way, to the Earth that is. The six-ton, 20-year-old spacecraft has fallen out of orbit and is expected to crash somewhere on Earth on or around 24 September.1 Researchers are expecting it to burn up before it reaches the earth. Well I hope so! It’s a 20 ton satellite, and if it hits the Earth are we all doomed? Folks this is a little scary and when I say little, I mean BIG. Nasa said scientists would only be able to make more accurate predictions about where the satellite might land two hours before it enters the Earth's atmosphere. 2 The 1 in 3,200 risk to public safety is higher than the 1 in 10,000 limit that Nasa aims for. But agency officials stress that nobody has ever been hurt by objects re-entering from space.3 Well Nasa, we are counting on you to please use those telescopes at the second hour before it’s supposed to land to inform us whether this will be the last day of our lives. Frankly, I would like to live longer, than to be killed by a satellite from space. Nasa needs more control over their equipment falling out of the sky. It’s one thing for birds, but satellites? Come on. This is quite dangerous and disturbing to think about. So where ever it lands, there will be a huge hole 20 tons deep. This is not ok. Any feed back friends?

1 comment:

  1. I agree, it is not safe for whatever civilians may be in its falling path. However it will not be safe for NASA's wallet either, because lots of people will sue for damages if the catasrophe does happen.

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