Heads Up! Satellite Falling To Earth
 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14952001

"A five tonne, 20-year-old satellite has fallen out of orbit and is expected to crash somewhere on Earth on or around 24 September, according to Nasa.

Nasa says the risk to life from the UARS - Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite - is just 1 in 3,200."

1 in 3,200? How is this calculated I wonder? Great if you are one of the 3,199 I suppose.

"Members of the public are not allowed to keep pieces of the satellite that may fall to Earth, or sell them on eBay, as they remain the property of the US government"

If something lands on my veggie patch I am selling it to the highest bidder, US Government or not.

Not content with Americanising the world by culture and business now they drop shit on us ...

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Sorry, Grammer police alert..

Its not allowed to use the word Culture and America inthe same sentence without some form of negative in the sentence prior to "american"....

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Grammar ;)

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can I help it that the Grammar police and spelling police are currently not working together due to intenational conflicts ?

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<Typo Police> international

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My point exactley!

Dont worry they'll be along in a minute...

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This from someone who lives in Australia: priceless :rofl:

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..... Not only Australia, but PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA!!!!!

I'm glad that SOME ONE can recognise irony....;)

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If it's the property of the US Government, can I sue them for millions if it lands on my house?

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Didn't really work for the Iraqis, Afghans, Libyans, etc, etc ...

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Exactly. Maybe I'm not so easy going as them though.

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Update From NASA:

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As of 1:30 p.m. EDT Sept. 21, 2011, the orbit of UARS was 120 mi by 130 mi (190 km by 205 km). Re-entry is expected sometime during the afternoon of Sept. 23, Eastern Daylight Time. The satellite will not be passing over North America during that time period. It is still too early to predict the time and location of re-entry with any more certainty, but predictions will become more refined in the next 24 to 48 hours.
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Well, that's OK then :rolleyes:

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The orbits for the next day over Bowral are (From heavensabove.com)

DateMagStartsMax. altitudeEnds TimeAlt.Az.TimeAlt.Az.TimeAlt.Az. 22 Sep3.707:15:2510NNE07:16:3214ENE07:17:4010E 22 Sep1.816:30:0110WSW16:31:4532NW 16:33:2610NNE 23 Sep3.706:48:1210NE 06:48:2510ENE06:48:3810ENE 23 Sep0.915:59:3310SW 16:01:1446NW 16:02:5110NN
So could be Sydney.....

(Edited) Oh b*gg*r - that was a table. Formatting problems..........

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Has it fallen from Uranus ? Is he around to ask?

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My money is on it hitting reading in the UK, what a shithole that place is:) Mind you it probably won't make that much of difference to the place:eek: