A large spy satellite expected to fall to Earth...

[EastcoastAR5]

Any one hear about this? A bus sized, faulty satellite is likely to crash in north america this february or march...yikes. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/29/military-preparing-for-fa_n_83938.html

 

[davyjones]

isnt it coming at like1600 mph?

 

[proZach]

i heard it on the radio but it sounded like they were joking. oh well.

 

[-Kieran-]

this sounds like a job for underdog

 

[Leo.]

Darfur!

 

[skiEER]

those things fall all the time

 

[EastcoastAR5]

 

[carbon.pulse]

Anyone see a likeness to cloverfield?

 

[MrYeates]

Hm

seems kinda true

what do u guys think?

 

[Mat.]

awesome. hopefully everyone will blame bush and global warming for that too.

 

[user098123]

Sure it's true, but it is hardly anything to worry about. Chances are they will find a way to alter its orbit so that it lands in the ocean like all the rest.

If not? Well, your chance of getting hit is like 1 in 4 trillion I think they said. Your chance of getting struck by lightning is 1 in 14 million. I think you're fine.

 

[MESKI]

haha thats what i was thinking, lets see if it lands in NY

 

[KRASHED]

man if a satellite ends up in my backyard someones getting sued, unless it kills the stray cats, then i'll get over it.

 

[WONTON]

well too bad for that 1 in 4 trill

 

[Sholte]

ahh gnarly man.

 

[unchyll]

then why dont we blow it up if its not gonna hit for a while then we'll just have bowling ball sized pieces of a satelite instead of a bus

 

[Bumbleton]

i think we should make predictions of where its gonna land. im guessing somewhere in North Dakota

 

[doublexl]

o shit?

 

[RudyGarmisch]

Depending on its angle of descent, we could actually see chunks of this thing hit ground. Skylab definitely left some junk across Australia when it came down.

 

[Rez4frederick]

I dont think the fear is so much what this thing is going to hit when it comes down, but that the satellite is known to have some crazy radioactive materials built into it that would fuck shit up

 

[tommihq]

somewhere in arizona

 

[Albrecht.]

nah man. nothing ever happens in north dakota.

 

[cobra_commander]

most if not all of it is going to burn up on reentry.

 

[Shorton]

wouldnt it burn up when he entered the earths atmosphere or are these things built to withstand high temperature/pressure?

 

[yelsel]

thats what i was thinking. carnage!

 

[jimmychung]

taco bell has to do their thing where they set up a target and if a piece of the satellite hits everyone gets a free taco

 

[LPT_311]

Look at it this way

It got through the atmosphere once already.

My Astronomy professor at the University of Maine seems to think many large pieces will survive, and that It could potentially Land somewhere in Quebec. I have a theory its a ploy to remove RCR.

No, but seriously, he thinks it could hit north America and cause substantial damage

 

[Gavajabra]

Good thing shit disinegrates when it falls to earth....

 

[LPT_311]

get off the crack and read a book you sad little man

 

[mothaeast]

gunna be such a big controversy when it hits someone, or if it fell into a city

 

[Capt.Flannel]

exactly, which means that ND is long overdue.