Nobody was killed by debris from the space shuttle when broke apart on re entry. Pieces were scattered across the SE U.S. Chances of somebody dying are very slim. I'm not going to worry about space junk falling on my house. Chances are 3:1 that it falls into the ocean. Most of it should burn up.

Don't let this ruin your day. I live in the Midwest and have no bug out plans. If I see a fireball coming at me I will use the 5 D's; dodge, duck, dive, dip, and dodge.

I suspect ATS, Twitter etc FB are going to be rather busy tonight!!!

Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
The only thing that even remotely concerns me about this satellite is public reaction from those who wouldn't understand what they're seeing. When this was projected to be directly over Israel a couple times today and possibly during it's firey re-entry I was very concerned.

How would people in the midst of street uprisings react to a "comet from nowhere"? Thankfully, that doesn't appear the problem now so we'll never have to find out the status of science education in the Middle East. Whew...for the timing, that was one possible bullet missed.

This little tin can is no threat beyond that though. Really... Sky Lab was ENORMOUS by comparison and no one was hurt or killed. Mir was much larger too...but it really doesn't count in my mind because it was brought down in a deliberate and controlled way to splash right around where it did.

If the little bit of debris that survives even lands within driving distance, go hunting for the ultimate souvenirs and try not to get hit while driving there. The traffic accident is a far larger threat than this little thing is while falling.

But whilst it still holds a chance to cause casualties, I don't think NASA (or you) are in any position to be so flippant about this. That's like me tossing a teeny tiny dime off the Empire State Building (I would've used WTC as an example but.....) and taking the position of; well it's more likely to strike pavement than actually hitting a person who happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time so.............here goes!

Great, probably zeroing in on my truck as we speak. This is why I can't have nice things.

Originally posted by leemachino
Nobody was killed by debris from the space shuttle when broke apart on re entry. Pieces were scattered across the SE U.S. Chances of somebody dying are very slim. I'm not going to worry about space junk falling on my house. Chances are 3:1 that it falls into the ocean. Most of it should burn up.

Don't let this ruin your day. I live in the Midwest and have no bug out plans. If I see a fireball coming at me I will use the 5 D's; dodge, duck, dive, dip, and dodge.

I don't know why but dipshi.....ah, nevermind!

Yeah yeah yeah. Happens all the time. Nothing ever happens. What are the odds. It should be all burnt up. Chances are very slim. 1 out of 3 chances. 1 in 3200 people. Blah blah blah

I'll let you know if I'm still alive tomorrow. Either way!

Originally posted by Boreas
Great, probably zeroing in on my truck as we speak. This is why I can't have nice things.

And while you're at it, might as well blame it on Obama too!
That was funny!

Originally posted by Human_Alien
But whilst it still holds a chance to cause casualties, I don't think NASA (or you) are in any position to be so flippant about this. That's like me tossing a teeny tiny dime off the Empire State Building (I would've used WTC as an example but.....) and taking the position of; well it's more likely to strike pavement than actually hitting a person who happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time so.............here goes!

Of course, you're right. In a literal sense, there won't be a bit of humor to the unlucky guy who might get hit right in the head by a small piece of support structure coming down at terminal velocity. I guess these times of worries and daily crisis out of the MSM and Government on the 'global disaster' or regional calamity level just leave me a little numb and cold to the smaller threats. Thanks for the reality check that for someone, it could still be a bad night if they are in that proverbial wrong spot at the wrong moment.

You may have a real good point in so far as standing outside and looking for debris (If the path is over your area) may not be the greatest idea ever thought up. No need to tempt Mr Murphy, right?

Originally posted by Human_Alien

Originally posted by leemachino
Nobody was killed by debris from the space shuttle when broke apart on re entry. Pieces were scattered across the SE U.S. Chances of somebody dying are very slim. I'm not going to worry about space junk falling on my house. Chances are 3:1 that it falls into the ocean. Most of it should burn up.

Don't let this ruin your day. I live in the Midwest and have no bug out plans. If I see a fireball coming at me I will use the 5 D's; dodge, duck, dive, dip, and dodge.

I don't know why but dipshi.....ah, nevermind!

Yeah yeah yeah. Happens all the time. Nothing ever happens. What are the odds. It should be all burnt up. Chances are very slim. 1 out of 3 chances. 1 in 3200 people. Blah blah blah

Don`t worry...seriously....there`s 6.7 billion people on the planet....75% is water......unfortunately some of the pieces will survive re-entry because of what they`re made up of...titanium etc, aluminum...and they can survive hot temps....and the calculation of 26 pieces are only the pieces made up of those type of materials as well as the tanks...so it`s possible there could be even less pieces enter the atmos...but certainly not more....!

I'll let you know if I'm still alive tomorrow. Either way!

Originally posted by Wrabbit2000

Originally posted by Human_Alien
But whilst it still holds a chance to cause casualties, I don't think NASA (or you) are in any position to be so flippant about this. That's like me tossing a teeny tiny dime off the Empire State Building (I would've used WTC as an example but.....) and taking the position of; well it's more likely to strike pavement than actually hitting a person who happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time so.............here goes!

Of course, you're right. In a literal sense, there won't be a bit of humor to the unlucky guy who might get hit right in the head by a small piece of support structure coming down at terminal velocity. I guess these times of worries and daily crisis out of the MSM and Government on the 'global disaster' or regional calamity level just leave me a little numb and cold to the smaller threats. Thanks for the reality check that for someone, it could still be a bad night if they are in that proverbial wrong spot at the wrong moment.

You may have a real good point in so far as standing outside and looking for debris (If the path is over your area) may not be the greatest idea ever thought up. No need to tempt Mr Murphy, right?

Best to hope and pray for a barren area or water then....I think out of this people will be asking more questions about the safety of our planet and it`s people.