News UARS about to fall from the sky

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SPACE.com: Where On Earth Will NASA's Doomed Satellite Fall On Friday?

Florida Today - The Flame Trench: Falling Satellite Update: North America Safe

Universe Today: UARS Update: NASA Refines Crashing Satellite’s Debris Region and Location

Discovery News: Track NASA's Doomed Satellite

 

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Florida Today - The Flame Trench: Option To Retrieve Falling Satellite Dropped

Florida Today: Shuttle Columbia accident cut plans to retrieve now-falling satellite
Officials: Debris will miss North America

 

[Ripley]

Sorry, couldn't resist!! Old Uncle Frankie.

 

[T.Neo]

Officials: Debris will miss North America

Will the debris impact Europe? Or Asia? Or Africa? Or South America? No, nobody cares. As long as it does not impact North America... :dry:

 

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Will the debris impact Europe? Or Asia? Or Africa? Or South America? No, nobody cares. As long as it does not impact North America... :dry:

Note that the articles saying this are just North American and not international.

...Articles written in Polish say it will fall in Italy.

 

[Ripley]

Today on TV news and online newspapers they started saying that Northern Italy is at risk

http://www.repubblica.it/scienze/2011/09/22/news/frammenti_satellite-22060086/?ref=HREC1-7

 

[RisingFury]

...Articles written in Polish say it will fall in Italy.

:lol::lol::lol:

 

[Fabri91]

Bring it on!

EDIT: on a more serious note, an error of half an hour in the reentry time will result in an error of more than 10000km in the impact location.

 

[dougkeenan]

The source code for my addons is on my office computer backed up at work.

 

[Urwumpe]

They also say that Germany is at risk, but no surprise, regarding the large uncertainty, almost half of the planet is at risk.

I still bet it will hit central Europe. Not because I calculated very precisely. but because it is at the most certain place to impact.

 

[Notebook]

Allegedly, Scunthorpe is in the firing line...

N.

 

[N_Molson]

I propose to lock Martins into a cave for the week-end.

 

[Urwumpe]

I propose to lock Martins into a cave for the week-end.

A good British umbrella should be enough against 500 kg debris.

 

[N_Molson]

4 layers then : a skin of reactive armor, a shielding of depleted uranium, a triple-layer of titanium and a layer of black kevlar for the look. :lol:

 

[agentgonzo]

A good British umbrella should be enough against 500 kg debris.

Get inside a telephone box. Those things can stop a russian tank!

 

[Urwumpe]

Get inside a telephone box. Those things can stop a russian tank!

And you can also phone home with them! :rofl:

 

[MattBaker]

Am I right with the thought, that there is still a lot of chemical stuff in the satellite, that could contaminate a broad area or will this burn up?

 

[Urwumpe]

Am I right with the thought, that there is still a lot of chemical stuff in the satellite, that could contaminate a broad area or will this burn up?

No, you are wrong there. It was already vacuum-inerted 6 years ago. Even the batteries should already be free of gases. It can still contain small amounts of frozen propellant after reentry, that is not impossible. But no large amounts anymore.

But already a small piece of hydrazine ice in a propellant line can be harmful for a human close to the debris part. That is why you should better step back from the debris and let experts salvage it.

 

[ky]

And you can also phone home with them! :rofl:

E.T. phone home lol ! I just had to do that :lol: