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UASR satelite landing in your garden

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The predicted 'landing' of the bus-sized UARS satellite is predicted for today, so, stay in door :P

But, I am affright that there will only be a few flashes in the sky, and nothing touchable on the soil. :?
The 20-year-old satellite – the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) – will make an uncontrolled re-entry through the Earth’s atmosphere. Pieces of the 6.5-ton satellite are expected to survive the fiery plunge and hit our planet, although no one knows exactly where.
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No problem, my garden has been picked clean already. :)
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UARS - seriously, could they not pick a better acronym? or is that what you shout when it lands on your house?
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apparently something this size drops out of orbit once a year. Usually its a rocket housing or some such.

It's the nuke powered ones you have to watch out for. :)
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i woulda thought any chunk of debris plummetting down from orbit at terminal velocity would be worth watching out for.
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i stuck a powerful magnet on the roof at work hoping to draw it down, but it think it missed :(
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Like this one?
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Or this one?
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Perhaps its time for a new one?
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While browsing the catalog who do you think I would run into?
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Related to another gourd, perhaps? :?
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Wile-E rules! \nn/
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CommonSenseOTB wrote:
While browsing the catalog who do you think I would run into?
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Related to another gourd, perhaps? :?
Ah, looks like my nephew, Plivs! :D
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