By now you know how we all 'lucked
out about a week ago when a huge piece
of space junk fell to earth.....but missed
us!
Near as they can figure URAS, a 20-
year-old climate research satellite, came
down somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.
They don't know exactly where. But,
perhaps more importantly, they couldn't
predict where it would come down when
it was still falling!
The odds of someone actually being
struck by a piece of falling debris were
very small. But you'd hate to be the
person who beat those odds!
And our recent 'escape' isn't any
guarantee of safety!
Another dead satellite is on its way
back to earth!
The decommissioned German X-Ray
space observatory is expected to
tumble to earth sometime in early
November. It's 2.4 tons and, like
URAS, the experts can't predict
exactly where it will hit.
NASA scientists say there has never
been a report of a fatality or serious
injury from someone hit by a piece
of falling space debris.
I guess it's sort of like those
cowboys I used to see in the movies
every Saturday. They'd fire their
6 guns into the air after a big fight
at the local saloon. I always
wondered what happened to all those
bullets! Don't they have to come
down somewhere?
But nobody ever got hit. Right?
Or did they and we just don't
know about it?
Anyhow they keep telling us we're
safe.
Still, I wouldn't go around
looking up.
It's not a matter of space debris
or bullets.
There are a lot of birds up there
and...well...you know!
Hope you're safe from Skylab
and all the other stuff and that all
your NEWS is good!
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