Space junk falling to Earth
 

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/gr...130261948.html

On the radio, I heard that the chance of hitting "a person" is about 1 in 3,200, and the chance of hitting "you, in particular" is 1 in a couple to several trillion.

If you could pick where it should hit, where would you choose? Islamabad? Washington, D.C.? Savannah, GA? Mexico City? In a desert or ocean?

In the ocean. Not Washington DC, please.

FYI, if you pick up pieces of it, the feds can send you to jail. That's bullshit. Finders keepers. You drop something on my property without me specifically asking for it, it's now mine. (Unless I don't want it, then it's littering.)

The ocean would be the best place. If this thing carries any proprietary info, I would like it to hit about 50 miles off the eastern coast in US waters.

I think the desert. There's enough shit in our oceans. The ocean is like the Earth's Garbage Dump (so is space, in a way)...at least in the desert people could see it. Maybe build a Water Park and Gambling Emporium Museum Fun Land.

And fuck 'em...any space junk falls anywhere near me and I'm touching the fuck out of it. I'll probably even take some home. "Don't touch it it's TOP SECRET!" Well, then maybe you should've come up with some sort of plan as it slowly descended to the earth for 10 years. It's not like it's Super 8.

Doesn't matter where it lands, it'll still be blamed on the gays.

Oh I hate a FTFY.

But...

Doesn't matter where it lands, it'll still be blamed on OBAMA.

:lol:

...or the republicans.

don't start.

:mecry:

I can only think of 2 reasons to nominate Savannah, GA.

Are there more ?

I can only think of one. :mecry:

Did you mean Philly?

That's 3.

With Japan's luck lately, it'll crash there. Maybe right on Fukushima Nuclear Powwer Plant. That'd just cap off their year.

But it's Obama's fault there are gays.

If it landed in my house, we wouldn't be able to tell.

On the evil ex's place.
A small piece, only enough to render it uninhabitable for a while and break some things he cares about.

Bitter? Er, yes.

How cool would it be if it hit Gadaffi?

This thread reminds me of the IotD about space junk.

http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php...704#post757704

So, did it fall yet? Could it be among the rubble in my front room?

OK, remember the Crying Indian? He was so sad about the polluting of the earth.

Well, the Crying Alien is none too happy either. I'm only partially kidding.

Even Willy Coyote could not hit the road runner by dropping things from a cliff. What chance does a satellite have when falling so far from space?

Washington D.C. would be a great place for it, just not your house but the White House and Congress would be a great start...:D

Awwwww.... lamp are you wishing me and my family bodily harm from falling space junk?:alien: :morncoff:

I don't know what others may think about this, but these odds are actually pretty high....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/20...?newsfeed=true

Space Gross Coast to Coast

Yeah, this ain't no machete-shooting slingshot we're talking here...:neutral:

Reminded me of this.

I had no idea lamplighter also controlled space, time, and matter.

I really need to get to know him/her better.

Only time UARS can harm the Cellar or Washington is at 4:08 hours on 23 Sept. Only time UARS can threaten Savannah GA is 5:39 or 19:50 hrs. Only time UARS can threaten London are 00:48, 1:42, 3:12, 23:34 on 23 Sept and 1:05 on 24 September. London is a more exciting town.

Even Podunk Michigan is more exciting than Washington or Georgia. Watch those skys at 4:06, 5:38, or 21:21 on 23 Sept.

Merc, that :alien: put an overdose of paranoia in your :morncoff:.

Peace.

I don't know, let's look at some common odds....


Dying in an aircraft or plane crash:

http://planecrashinfo.com/cause.htm

How about from a host of things:

http://www.blog.joelx.com/odds-chances-of-dying/877/

Ever hear of people dying in a place crash? Those are some pretty high odds, but it certainly happens.

I had a co-worker who used the same sort of thinking to justify his buying tickets to the Lottery...

"Somebody's got to win it, it might as well be me"

Another co-worker stood up and said: "Give me your dollar".
She walked over to the toilet and flushed it, and said:

"Your odds are better finding it again at the treatment plant."

:lol:

Yeah, but what are the odds of finding $50 million dollars at the treatment plant, huh?

(Answer: not as bad as they were, now that there's a person flushing everyone's $1 bills down their toilets for them...)

I'm speechless. This reply is too awesome!

:lol2:

Just put on a helmet and hunker down in your closet. :lol:

PDX news media is all a twitter. The space station is supposed to pass over the city in about 25 min (from WSW towards the NE).

Does anyone have an extra helmet ?

Nothing...

Slight overcast and city lights so only brighter stars are visible.
I thought I saw a shooting star, but it was from E -> W

Listening to the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 this morning they reported that it was down 'somewhere between Canada and Russia' which was a trifle vague, but within a few minutes they had eye witness reports from two people I think in North East Scotland who each reported seeing large fragments going overhead toward the east. Russia? Home to popa?

I heard Canada too, but it was on 5 Live, so the same BBC source effectively.

from the AP
NO more than???

Phew. There is space junk that weighs considerably more than me.

What?
You take your pleasure where you can find it!

They can put a man on the moon but they can't track space junk.

I had some big nets out. Was hoping to catch a windfall profit.

Dude, there are no free rides, except for big banks, well big banks and insurance companies. Yep, no free rides except big banks and insurance companies, and oil companies. So there are no free rides except those for big banks, insurance companies, and oil companies. Fuggit there are lots of free rides get your net out free stuff is falling right out of the sky, but you can't keep it unless...

Griff, that was a TW funny, don't knock it!
(and a good one imo)

MORE COMING!

Humorously enough, I just started watching Dead Like Me, and the main character is killed in the first episode by a falling space station toilet seat returning to Earth.

I wonder if it will still be broadcasting images while it crashes to earth.