Val (Zebedee) Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/uars-satellite-expected-to-crash-into-earth-this-weekend Don't know where, apparently somewhere between Scotland & Chile ......... so, the bulk of inhabited Earth then?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austinville Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 Heads up (with helmets) friends! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 If you see a piece of the spaceship call the police.... no... stick it on ebay LMAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austinville Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 If you see a piece of the spaceship call the police.... no... stick it on ebay LMAO And use the funds to purchase another husky for your home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 And use the funds to purchase another husky for your home! Yes, I like the thinking... but I reckon we might be able to get 2 more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 2 more huskies and a bigger home with a bigger garden. Def could go for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 ooh cool, well not cool if it like hurts people but would be cool to find sum n sell it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 your not allowed to sell it lmao its belongs to the US government, who will hunt you down!! lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed #5 Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 Like somewhere between 57n and 57s with that kind of range, why even bother - it's gonna hit ground somewhere and I hope no one's hurt by it, but like everyone else I'd take a piece in my back yard to sell. Wait, where'd that make a wish thread go??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed #5 Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 your not allowed to sell it lmao its belongs to the US government, who will hunt you down!! lmao I'd think salvage rights would apply ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 I'd think salvage rights would apply ... not this time... its true, your not allowed to sell it, keep it anything lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Tao&Sky Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 If you think you see it in this country take a second glance, as it might be Sarah doing her parachute jump. ...........Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lebe03 Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 There's a high probability that it will crash into the sea which would be a lot safer for all concerned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 wish it would land on Rochdale and wipe the muppets out who inhabit this place - me not included! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elyse Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 You could always just keep the pieces (the more less obvious ones) for a few years; then sell them to Russia or something. It's not like the U.S needs them anymore because they cancelled their space program... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallulah Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 won't most of it burn out at it comes into contact with the atmosphere?! So when it hits it wont be as big as what it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingspanner Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 Apparently, each of us have a 1 in 3000 chance being hit by it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 won't most of it burn out at it comes into contact with the atmosphere?! So when it hits it wont be as big as what it was. They think 26 different parts will be able to take the impact of coming through the atmosphere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<3Jess<3 Posted September 24, 2011 Report Share Posted September 24, 2011 they said some of it may be around australia ahhhh lol very small chance of it hitting anywere there is ppl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutsibe Posted September 24, 2011 Report Share Posted September 24, 2011 Nope, NASA wants any parts that survive back! It'll be illegal to keep or to sell anything that survives! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val (Zebedee) Posted September 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2011 has it still not landed?? I thought it was meant to be last night ..... they reckon bits like the fuel tank etc won't burn up & there could be 5 tonnes of metal coming down .... that'll make a bit of a splash in the sea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val (Zebedee) Posted September 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2011 nope - it's still clinging on to life in orbit: A six-ton Nasa satellite on a collision course with Earth is clinging to space, apparently flipping position in its ever-lower orbit and stalling its death plunge. The old research spacecraft was on target to crash through the atmosphere during Friday night or early on Saturday, putting Canada and Africa in the potential crosshairs, although most of the satellite should burn up during re-entry. The United States was not entirely out of the woods as the possible strike zone skirted Washington state. "It just doesn't want to come down," said Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics. Mr McDowell said the satellite's delayed demise demonstrates how unreliable predictions can be. That said, he explained that "the best guess is that it will still splash in the ocean, just because there's more ocean out there". Until Friday, increased solar activity was causing the atmosphere to expand and the 10-metre, bus-size satellite to fall more quickly. But late on Friday morning, Nasa said the sun was no longer the major factor in the rate of descent and that the satellite's position, shape or both had changed by the time it slipped down to a 100-mile orbit. "In the last 24 hours, something has happened to the spacecraft," said Nasa orbital debris scientist Mark Matney. On Friday night, Nasa said it expected the satellite to come crashing down while passing over the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, as well as Canada, Africa and Australia. The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, will be the biggest Nasa spacecraft to crash back to Earth, uncontrolled, since the post-Apollo 75-ton Skylab space station and the more than 10-ton Pegasus 2 satellite, both in 1979. People can take comfort in the fact that no-one has ever been hurt by falling space junk - to anyone's knowledge - and there has been no serious property damage. Nasa put the chances that somebody on Earth would get hurt at one in 3,200. But any one person's odds of being struck were estimated at one in 22 trillion, given there are seven billion people on the planet. Any surviving wreckage belongs to Nasa, and it will be against the law to keep or sell even the smallest piece. There are no toxic chemicals on board, but sharp edges could be dangerous, so the space agency is warning the public to call police if they find any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lebe03 Posted September 24, 2011 Report Share Posted September 24, 2011 Nope, NASA wants any parts that survive back! It'll be illegal to keep or to sell anything that survives! I guess NASA should start praying that no parts land in a country that is hostile to the US. It can surely only be classed as illegal within the US and if it crashes into the sea I would expect international salvage laws to apply On a side note I heard on the news yesterday that a piece of debris from space crashes down to earth every day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueWolf Posted September 24, 2011 Report Share Posted September 24, 2011 That's odd. Because I'm reading a (Dutch) article that states that NASA has confirmed the satellite is down. They say that the debris has probably crashed down in Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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