NASA satellite expected to crash to Earth Friday 9-23-11

[Dr Exile]

Wouldn't it be a hoot if it hit Obama on the head and turned him into a UARS pizza?

[Pigeon]

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Update #11
Fri, 23 Sep 2011 06:30:46 PM CDT

As of 7 p.m. EDT on Sept. 23, 2011, the orbit of UARS was 90 miles by 95 miles (145 km by 150 km). Re-entry is expected between 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, and 3 a.m., Sept. 24, Eastern Daylight Time (3 a.m. to 7 a.m. GMT). During that time period, the satellite will be passing over Canada, Africa and Australia, as well as vast areas of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. The risk to public safety is very remote.

[IndicusMaximus]

Let it hit an unoccupied part of my house so I can sue the US Gov't for 100 trillion dollars.

[Pigeon]

Update #12
Friday, September 23, 2011 9:50 PM
As of 10:30 p.m. EDT on Sept. 23, 2011, the orbit of UARS was 85 miles by 90 miles (135 km by 140 km). [yb]Re-entry is expected between 11:45 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, and 12:45 a.m., Sept. 24, Eastern Daylight Time[/yb] (3:45 a.m. to 4:45 a.m. GMT). During that time period, the satellite will be passing over Canada and Africa, as well as vast areas of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. The risk to public safety is very remote.

[Pigeon]

UARS

[Removed tracking since UARS has crashed]

[Pigeon]

Looks like it might have missed NZ.

[lkwalker]

Tell that to Lala.

[Pigeon]

Update #15
Saturday, September 24, 2011 2:46 AM
NASA’s decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite fell back to Earth between 11:23 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 23 and 1:09 a.m. EDT Sept. 24. The Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California said the satellite penetrated the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean. The precise re-entry time and location are not yet known with certainty.

If this is true we are wasting huge amounts of tax dollars. Most likely just covering up details. What a great country we live in.

[lkwalker]

Not to mention dropping more poisonous shit in the oceans. What the fuck are we doing anyway? Forty acres and mule works for me. The rest is bullshit.

[Pigeon]

I find it hard to believe they do not know when and where it went in. If that the case, how do they know it went into the Pacific.

People are so use to being feed crapola that they never question it. With that we get our current economy and Congress.