NASA announced that a dead satellite would be falling back to earth last Friday - but it must have had a mind of its own as it kept orbiting another 24 hours - they estimated it would fall into the Pacific Ocean and leave a trail of debris for 500 miles. They also estimated that the largest "piece" would weigh 330 lbs. and the odds of hitting or injuring a human was 1 in 3200 - which is lower odds than winning the Florida lottery offers. But they hasten to say that the odds of anything hitting ME is one in 21 trillion which is more reassuring. But no one is sure when or where its remnants landed so we will have to chalk it up to another mystery of space. Anyway we probably can put away our hard hats for now.
tjs
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