2,000-pound satellite may crash to Earth

[Sergeant Bob]

I hope it doesn't hit my house!

By FOX NEWS -
Who do you sue if you’re hit by a satellite?

A defunct satellite from the European Space Agency the size of a Chevy Suburban is set to plunge to Earth somewhere between Sunday night and Monday afternoon -- and experts say there's no way to precisely determine where it will crash.

GOCE, or Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer, ran out of gas last month and has been steadily sinking towards the Earth. As the planet rotates, the satellite whizzes over nearly every point on Earth. Experts expect it to plunge harmlessly into the oceans that cover 70 percent of the surface of the planet. But what if it doesn’t? What if it takes out your old Accord?



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I wish they could tell us when and where! I really enjoy seeing Fire in the Sky! Minus the probing and such!

[Perd Hapley]

As the planet rotates, the satellite whizzes over nearly every point on Earth.

Gross.

[Fly320s]

Gross.

Talk about acid rain.

[Phyphor]

What, they don't have a spare SM3 sitting around this time?

[geronimotwo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRxn35Ketgk

who pays the littering fines?

[vaskidmark]

who pays the littering fines?

Prove I flicked it out the window, copper.

stay safe.

[Sergeant Bob]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRxn35Ketgk

who pays the littering fines?

From the article:

'[If] you could prove a piece of GOCE hit your Honda, you could go to your government to make a claim.'- Marcia S. Smith, president of the Space and Technology Policy Group

Should the satellite end up in your backyard, experts said the government responsible for launching it would be responsible for any damage -- that would be Russia, in this case.

“Basically, governments are responsible for their own spacecraft,” explained Marcia S. Smith, president of the Space and Technology Policy Group in Arlington, Va. “[If] you could prove a piece of GOCE hit your Honda, you could go to your government to make a claim,” she told FoxNews.com.



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Good luck with that!

Side note, whenever you do a copy and paste from the site, it automatically adds the url.

[Hutch]

Back before Al invented the 'Net, and before Nigerians invented the scam, Skylab made an untidy return to earth.

I saw (tongue-in-cheek) ads for spray cans of Skylab repellent.  Guaranteed to keep it from landing on you.  In the very rare case that the repellent was ineffective, each can was shipped with a tube of Skylab Recovery Balm, to rub on the affected areas for a quick recovery.

[TommyGunn]

Gross.

Leave it to Fistful  to view it from that perspective.... . . .   .                ..                         

[never_retreat]

Live tracking if you want to keep an eye open. That thing is moving too.
http://www.foxnews.com/science/interactive/2013/11/08/track-europe-falling-2000-pound-satellite-in-real-time/?intcmp=latestnews

[AJ Dual]

Michael Z. Williams posted on Facebook, "A death notice for a satellite is not an Orbituary..."

And one of his friends commented "But it should be..."

 

[Azrael256]

Just to be clear, it *may* crash to Earth, or the ghost of Newton *may* show up to fling it into the sun.  Or possibly Superman.  Those are the only options, and some are more probable than others.

[Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas]

Okay, if it crashes near me, can I sell the scrap on ebay?

[Gowen]

Okay, if it crashes near me, can I sell the scrap on ebay?

I remember the Elian Gonzalez rafts on eBay, whether it lands near me or not....  ebay, here I come!!!   Double bonus if you can make a scorch mark in the shape of the Virgin Mary!

[Ben]

Well, it's dead. Confirmed report that it mostly disintegrated with the remainder falling into the ocean. The report I read didn't say exactly where. Damn. I was hoping for space zombies having taken it over and forcing a controlled landing.

[Northwoods]

Well, it's dead. Confirmed report that it mostly disintegrated with the remainder falling into the ocean. The report I read didn't say exactly where. Damn. I was hoping for space zombies having taken it over and forcing a controlled landing.

I'd really rather the Reavers stayed out there.

[Fly320s]

I'd really rather the Reavers stayed out there.

They are just misunderstood space youths. They are turning you inside out their lives around.