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Title: Say your prayers tonight...
Post by: bigwillie20 on September 23, 2011, 02:09:45 PM
...that this thing falls on Lawrence  :crossfingers:

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/09/23/huge-nasa-satellite-will-fall-to-earth-today/ (http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/09/23/huge-nasa-satellite-will-fall-to-earth-today/)
Title: Re: Say your prayers tonight...
Post by: OK_Cat on September 23, 2011, 02:32:30 PM
 :facepalm:
Title: Re: Say your prayers tonight...
Post by: jmlynch1 on September 23, 2011, 02:49:18 PM

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NASA officials have said the the chances that a piece of UARS debris hits and injures one of the nearly 7 million people on the planet are about 1 in 3,200.


JFC, no wonder NASA is in the crapper.
Title: Re: Say your prayers tonight...
Post by: Cartierfor3 on September 23, 2011, 08:21:28 PM

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NASA officials have said the the chances that a piece of UARS debris hits and injures one of the nearly 7 million people on the planet are about 1 in 3,200.


JFC, no wonder NASA is in the crapper.

I'm no astrology major, but shouldn't that be 7 BILLION?
Title: Re: Say your prayers tonight...
Post by: jtksu on September 23, 2011, 08:52:20 PM
Hits and injures?  Is that something you just walk away from?