Re: AF General: Spy satellite could hit US
- From: Coffee's For Closers <Usenet2008@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:30:54 -0800
In article <5kkvp3142pk30fok8kcackkn7bb2od7loa@xxxxxxx>,
bbrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:23:18 -0600, Jeff McCann <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Bob Brock wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080129/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/dead_satelliteThe Earth is under constant bombardment from space debris anyway, so
WASHINGTON - The U.S. military is developing contingency plans to deal
with the possibility that a large spy satellite expected to fall to
Earth in late February or early March could hit North America
Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, who heads of U.S. Northern Command, told
The Associated Press on Tuesday that the size of the satellite
suggests that some number of pieces will not burn up as it re-enters
the Earth's atmosphere and will hit the ground.
(...)
this is just one more drop in the ol' gravity bucket. Accretion rates
for the entire surface of our planet are about 1 inch per 10,000 years,
IIRC, and that's a lot of stuff. No sweat.
True, unless it happens to fall on your head or in
your neighborhood.
Or if it happens to have a noo-cu-ler power generator onboard.
Like that Russian satellite that fell on Canada in the 70s,
resulting in a big clean-up bill.
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