Piece of Russian rocket falls into ocean off Labrador

Well if you live in Canada watch out for Russian rocket parts falling on your head.

A piece of a Russian rocket used to launch a series of satellites into orbit has landed off eastern Labrador, according to NORAD.

A 20-square-metre piece of debris made a splash on Boxing Day after passing into the Earth's atmosphere.

U.S. Lt.-Cmdr. Gary Ross said the North American Aerospace Defense Command has identified the debris as part of a Russian rocket used to fire three satellites into space on Dec. 25.

"It did re-enter the atmosphere over Eastern Labrador in Canada and continued on its trajectory out into the North Atlantic Ocean," Ross said.

"I don't have any information on what the planned descent was at all."

The Canadian Coast Guard said the situation happened so quickly, it didn't have time to issue a maritime warning.cbc

I'm no rocket surgeon but I can't believe that that was the plan.

Is that how we do things now?

Launch and hope for the best?