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Heads up! Satellite falling...
BBC News - Nasa satellite UARS nearing Earth 'could land anywhere'
Totally Off Topic for sure. Will you be checking in the last two hours?
Not sure what the right term is for what I assume will happen to NASA's authoritative web page on the subject. Splashspotted?Nasa said scientists would only be able to make more accurate predictions about where the satellite might land two hours before
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Re: Heads up! Satellite falling...
I read about this. Imagine if one of those parts was to land on your house..
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Re: Heads up! Satellite falling...
:shudder: I think I might check NASA's site nearer the time. This must be how tenpins feel...Imagine
She's breaking up!
Stunning amateur photography:
BBC News - UARS satellite: New images of tumbling US spacecraft
Re: Heads up! Satellite falling...
Anyone saying It's a satellite are kidding themselves.
It's obviously an alien space ship who's doing a reccy for an attack. Only the Lord can save us now
On-topic: Those are some awesome images
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Odds of you being hit ~ 1 in 21 trillion. Putting this in perspective, the odds of getting hit by lightning in a given year: ~ 1 in a million.
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Putting this in perspective, The odds are 1 out of 10,000 (.001%) that you will get injured by a toilet this year.Originally Posted by copeg
Odds of you being hit ~ 1 in 21 trillion. Putting this in perspective, the odds of getting hit by lightning in a given year: ~ 1 in a million.
- San Diego Union, 5/29/07
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Re: Heads up! Satellite falling...
Hehe, and 1 in 4 make up their own statistics
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5 out of 4 people don't understand statistics
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Odds of you laughing it off if you are the '1': 0Odds of you being hit ~ 1 in 21 trillion
NASA says 1 in 3,200. Are they dividing footprint area / possible landing area? Is your 1 in 21 tn 'hit by an intact fuel tank' or does it also include the speck of hot metal that makes a tiny hole in your styrofoam coffee cup? Don't try to tell me you wouldn't tell the 'satellite hit my coffee cup' story if it happened to you!
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I want a piece of it!
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5 out of 4 people don't understand statistics
Like I said, 1/4 make up their own statisticsNASA says 1 in 3,200Odds are 1/3200 that someone will get hit - anyone. Take into account the population of the predicted impact area, that works out to 1 in many trillion that it will hit me (or anyone contributing to this thread for that matter).
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I'd like to place a £1 stake on copeg being hit by the Satellite please.
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Maybe copeg will offer you the 21tn:1 deal on anyone being hit - he'll make sure to stand in crowded places on the day, just in case!I'd like to place a £1 stake on copeg being hit by the Satellite please.
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Eh, it might not even hurt that bad: 14-year-old hit by 30,000 mph space meteorite - Telegraph
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Re: Heads up! Satellite falling...
Statistically 6 out of 7 dwarfs aren't happy..
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BBC News - Nasa refines satellite crash time
expected to crash to Earth sometime on Friday evening (GMT).the spacecraft would "not be passing over North America" when it is expected to be pulled through the atmosphere to EarthMaybe I should start offering odds on my own demise - I could make some money!The spacecraft could pass over Britain during its final passes over the planet.
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Haha ace
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Re: Heads up! Satellite falling...
Take cover, Earthlings! A huge 18,000mph out-of-control satellite will hit our planet tonight | Mail OnlineAN out-of-control satellite plummeting to Earth at 18,000mph could land almost anywhere this evening – including Britain, Nasa warned last night.
The craft, which is the size of a bus, will break up on entering Earth’s atmosphere, flinging huge chunks of metal weighing up to 350lb across hundreds of miles.
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