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10-09-2011, 03:43 PM
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star-hopper
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6-ton satellite will crash back to Earth
Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite. UARS
"A defunct NASA science satellite dispatched by a space shuttle crew in 1991 will come crashing back to Earth this month, with debris most likely landing in an ocean or unpopulated region, officials said Friday."
http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre...-space-debris/
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10-09-2011, 03:55 PM
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Supernova Searcher
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Thanks Glen  it would be good to see it heading overhead to ditch in the Pacific Ocean 
Cheers 
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10-09-2011, 04:06 PM
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Location: Monto
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It can land in my back yard. I wouldn't mind in the least.
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10-09-2011, 04:54 PM
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Fast Scope & Fast Engine
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No wonder the shuttle has been scrubbed. They cant tell where this is going to re enter.
Cheers kev.
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10-09-2011, 11:41 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Warrnambool
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I'm with you Jeanette, it can land at our camp site near Darwin if it needs too.
Leon
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10-09-2011, 11:57 PM
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Grumpy Old Man-Child
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I hope it hits my house.
I hate my house.
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11-09-2011, 06:53 AM
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Love the moonless nights!
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Sydney
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Waxing_Gibbous
I hope it hits my house.
I hate my house.
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I hope it doesnt hit mine, have just spent 12 months building a new one. 
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11-09-2011, 07:41 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Launceston
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Like everthing else im sure it will bypass Tasmania .
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11-09-2011, 08:49 AM
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Support your local RFS
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Location: Wamboin NSW
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There wouldn't be that much left by the time it gets through the atmosphere.
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12-09-2011, 09:53 AM
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Lost in Space ....
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Auckland, NZ
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Ooooo! OOooo! OOOooo! Souvenir time !!
Apparently about 500 kg or so will survive according to their calculations ...
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17-09-2011, 09:17 AM
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star-hopper
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-1...-earth/2903978
NASA says the giant satellite is plunging to earth more quickly than anticipated and will crash during a three-day window around September 24.
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17-09-2011, 09:24 AM
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Adrift In A Black Ocean
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Will keep the backyard clear, just in case... 
Actually, who gets dibs on any bits from man made sattie's that DO land in one's property; are they free for anyone to pick up and keep, or do the guys in suits with radio lapels and dark glasses come to get them???
John
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17-09-2011, 09:36 AM
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I understand that some satellites have a nuclear power source. This is why they ask you to keep your distance from any fall. That said, I'd definitely be asking the men in black for a souvenir.
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17-09-2011, 09:55 AM
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Hmmm ABC radio notes NASA says a 1 in 3200 chance of being hit. Now if that's correct that's better odds than lotto that my observatory will be wiped out and I get a new Meade LX800 through Bintel.
And Ron at Sirius Optics can order me an new Starlight Xpress camera.
PeterM.
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17-09-2011, 10:10 AM
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Ageing badly.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jjjnettie
It can land in my back yard. I wouldn't mind in the least.
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You wouldn't have to mow the lawn again that's for sure - even get a swimming pool (or 6) for free. Trouble is the council would then make you fence it all.
Peter
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17-09-2011, 10:21 AM
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Supernova Searcher
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Location: Cambroon Queensland Australia
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It can land in my backyard as long as it doesn't hit the house or the observatory 
But Juuust imagin the visitors to Cambroon and all the bread I could make charging an entrance fee
Cheers
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17-09-2011, 10:49 AM
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17-09-2011, 11:12 AM
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18-09-2011, 01:29 AM
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No More Infinities
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Well, as far as I'm concerned, it can fall anywhere it likes, just so long as it doesn't hit me (or anyone else, for that matter) on the shoulder like that piece that hit that woman they reported on in the news tonight!!!.
However, I'll have my baseball bat out just in case 
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18-09-2011, 02:40 AM
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I was just reading those odds Peter and found one that relates to me.
Hail. The odds a person will be injured by hail in a year are 1 in 5,114,000. According to the National Weather Service, 718 people were injured by hail between 1995 and 2007. And the number killed? Just five. The odds a person will be killed by hail in a year, then, are 1 in 734,400,000.
I was riding my motorbike home with an open face helmet a few years ago when a hail storm started. I actually copped a lump in the mouth resulting in a split lip.
So I am one of those people in the 1 in 5,000,000 category.
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