Space junk falling to Earth - Page 4

infinite monkey · 09-25-2011, 10:46 AM

They can put a man on the moon but they can't track space junk.

Sundae · 09-26-2011, 11:42 AM

Griff, that was a TW funny, don't knock it!
(and a good one imo)

ZenGum · 09-27-2011, 12:17 AM

MORE COMING!

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A defunct German space telescope called ROSAT is set to hit the planet at the end of October – and it even is more likely than UARS to cause injury or damage in populated areas.

NASA calculates a 1-in-3200 chance of UARS causing injury or damage. But at the end of October or beginning of November, ROSAT – a 2.4-tonne X-ray telescope built by the German aerospace lab DLR and launched by NASA in 1990 – will re-enter the atmosphere, presenting a 1 in 2000 chance of injury.

The higher risk stems from the requirements of imaging X-rays in space, says DLR spokesperson Andreas Schütz. The spacecraft's mirrors had to be heavily shielded from heat that could have wrecked its X-ray sensing operations during its eight-year working life. But this means those mirrors will be far more likely to survive a fiery re-entry.

Clodfobble · 09-27-2011, 08:23 AM

Humorously enough, I just started watching Dead Like Me, and the main character is killed in the first episode by a falling space station toilet seat returning to Earth.

HungLikeJesus · 09-27-2011, 06:23 PM

I wonder if it will still be broadcasting images while it crashes to earth.

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