buy a lotto ticket.... falling satelite

[Briansol]

If you get hit with pieces of satelite, you should buy a lotto ticket too.

Earth to satellite: When will you hit _ and where? - WFSB Channel 3


donnie darko effect f0sh0

 

[double0Si]

1/3200 odds of a person getting hit/hurt when the strike zone covers most of earth?! I don't like them odds. lol

 

[reckedracing]

i wonder if this was a nuclear powered satellite

 

[DarkHand]

i wonder if this was a nuclear powered satellite

NASA put the chances that somebody somewhere on Earth will get hurt at 1 in 3,200. But any one person's odds of being struck have been estimated at 1 in 21 trillion.

1 in 21 trillion that you'll get hit directly, but 1 in 3200 that you'll be hurt? That's like 90,000 people in the US alone... Forget nuclear, sounds like it's got space AIDS or something.

EDIT: Wait, 1 in 3200 that someone will get hurt. That's different, nevermind.

 

[reckedracing]

they probably should have just stated the 1 in 21 Tril statistic for any particular individual
lol

 

[92stoccord]

When is the shit supposed to hit the fan? I can't see the news article on mobile.

 

[eg6sir]

later this week

 

[double0Si]

They'll know better by Thursday, but they can't tell exactly until after it actually hits.

 

[Airjockie]

I should have bought a lotto ticket....just got an email...

"Urgent Airmen Notification - Satellite Re-entry
Notice Number: NOTC3252

Until September 26, 2011
U.S. airspace and territories

Specific instructions and restrictions are available from normal NOTAM sites and local air traffic facilities.

*For the latest information, call your local Flight Service Station at 1-800-WX-BRIEF."

Wait...3 more days?

 

[GSRCRXsi]

haha this is an old atmospheric research satellite. UARS (Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite), my project manager used to operate/fly that mission.