NASA Satellite is falling faster than expected and will crash this week

[jeff of pa]

I just read the latest report. It will hit water. There is enough fuel on board to guide it's decent.
Frank

Guess I Gotta Go back to Playing the Lottery

 

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[Tuberale]

Most recent post from NASA says it will likely fall on water.

Entering the atmosphere it will be moving 5mps (that's miles per second), or 300 mpm (that's miles per minute), or 18,000 mph (miles per hour), much faster than the speed of sound (around 764mph), which will ensure most of it gets burned up. BTW, that's over Mach 23. But for a meteorite, that's not fast.

It's the portion that doesn't get burned up that interests/bothers me.

The Washougal, WA meteorite of 2 July 1939 was estimated to be moving 130,000 mph before impact, or Mach 170. At Mach 1 it takes about 5 seconds to travel a mile. Thirty to 50 miles above Portland, Oregon the sonic boom broke windows, caused some buildings to sway, and was clearly visible by people climbing Mt. St. Helens 35 miles away. Only 225 grams (about half a pound) of meteorite was ever found, which was relatively light weight 'Howardite'. Since the flight path took it directly over the Columbia River for the last 30 miles or so before impact, the stewn field probably was the Columbia River. Howardite is relatively rare, mostly off-white, with little metal content, and degrades within 6-12 months in the PNW's acidic rainfall.

 

[jeff of pa]

even a Tiny Screw Traveling at 9,000 mph
Hitting something other then water
will Hurt what it hits

 

[packerbacker]

Jeff, you can always schedule a cruise.

 

[jeff of pa]

Jeff, you can always schedule a cruise.

There have been some Intresting Incidences on Cruises Lately

 

[njnydigger]

even a Tiny Screw Traveling at 9,000 mph
Hitting something other then water
will Hurt what it hits

I keep telling this to the Mrs. but, she's always complaining for me to slow it down a bit

 

[Produce Guy]

If I'm not mistaking,there's allot of Gold on a Satellite?

 

[diggummup]

This woman got hit by a piece of Space junk-


“We were still walking through the park when I felt a tapping on my shoulder,”

“The weight was comparable to an empty soda can,”

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/09/21/woman-gets-hit-by-space-junk-lives-to-tell-tale/

 

[jeff of pa]

This woman got hit by a piece of Space junk-


“We were still walking through the park when I felt a tapping on my shoulder,”

“The weight was comparable to an empty soda can,”

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/09/21/woman-gets-hit-by-space-junk-lives-to-tell-tale/

“We were still walking through the park when I felt a tapping on my shoulder,” Williams explained. With no one near her at the time, she started to run, thinking a stranger had appeared out of the shadows. Then she heard something hit the ground behind her.

“The weight was comparable to an empty soda can,” Williams told FoxNews.com. “It looked like a piece of fabric except when you tap it, it sounded metallic." Williams was sure she’d found a piece of a shooting star.

Excited by her discovery, she took the fallen piece of sky to her local library where she was referred to the astrology club (given her space-rock theory), as well as the National Weather Service -- who told her about a Delta II rocket that had re-entered the atmosphere the night before.

So it didn't actually hit her, She just wanted her
15 Minutes of Fame ?

Would a can dropped off the Sears Tower Hurt ?

 

[njnydigger]

This woman got hit by a piece of Space junk-


“We were still walking through the park when I felt a tapping on my shoulder,”

“The weight was comparable to an empty soda can,”

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/09/21/woman-gets-hit-by-space-junk-lives-to-tell-tale/

“We were still walking through the park when I felt a tapping on my shoulder,” Williams explained. With no one near her at the time, she started to run, thinking a stranger had appeared out of the shadows. Then she heard something hit the ground behind her.

“The weight was comparable to an empty soda can,” Williams told FoxNews.com. “It looked like a piece of fabric except when you tap it, it sounded metallic." Williams was sure she’d found a piece of a shooting star.

Excited by her discovery, she took the fallen piece of sky to her local library where she was referred to the astrology club (given her space-rock theory), as well as the National Weather Service -- who told her about a Delta II rocket that had re-entered the atmosphere the night before.

So it didn't actually hit her, She just wanted her
15 Minutes of Fame ?

Would a can dropped off the Sears Tower Hurt ?

Not so sure about the can thing, Jeff. Mythbusters did a segment years ago on the famous urban legend about a penny being tossed off the Empire State Building & killing someone. They said the penny would actually slow down and be sucked inwards toward the sides of the building itself due to the wind shear (or something like that). End result was that the penny would give you a nice little tap, but, it wouldn't go right through a person or kill them as previously thought. I suspect the same from an empty soda can

 

[jeff of pa]

did anyone see what the small camera lens did to a roof falling only from a plane? I believe either the lady took a ricochet or she was fibbing just a little.....I think it would have left a good mark.

I Agree she most likely got sprayd by a Pebble
after Impact. or wind Pressure Just before
ground Impact. & invented the Rest.

Personally I would have at Least
Purchased a neck Brace

 

[njnydigger]

did anyone see what the small camera lens did to a roof falling only from a plane? I believe either the lady took a ricochet or she was fibbing just a little.....I think it would have left a good mark.

Personally I would have at Least
Purchased a neck Brace

Haha. Reminds me of one of the better episodes of the "Brady Bunch". Remember they had an accident with the guy in the station wagon in the parking lot of the supermarket? He sued them & took the family to court. He had a big neck brace on & was really playing the part. I think it was Alice who got the truth out of him. While the plaintiff was on the stand testifying that he couldn't move his neck & was in a lot of pain, Alice dropped a briefcase on the floor of the court room from the back seats. The mans heads swung around when he heard the noise & he obviously lost the lawsuit

 

[homefires]

Who Owns Meteorites?

As per the Forest Folks, BLM and all other Federal Goons, THEY DO!

Check the latest interpretations on the 1906 Antiquities act!

Yes they will Snatch them from you and send off to the Smithsonian!

 

[njnydigger]

Who Owns Meteorites?

As per the Forest Folks, BLM and all other Federal Goons, THEY DO!

Check the latest interpretations on the 1906 Antiquities act!

Yes they will Snatch them from you and send off to the Smithsonian!

As Charlton Heston once said; "From my cold, dead hands". Yep, that's where they'd have to pry a meteorite from if I found it

There was an episode of some t.v. show about a year ago that I caught. It told the story of a large meteorite crashing into some small town maybe 10 years ago. Over the course of the next few weeks, residents were running all over the neighborhood looking for bits & pieces of it. Many of the residents of the town found specimen worth $15,000 or $20,000 each. They even brought in an expert from the local college to have him appraise the hundreds of meteorite pieces folks were bringing in. The town went mad with gold meteorite rush fever

 

[P.B. and Dylan]

Lol, i guess you Americans are desperate to get your hands on the great Swedish delicacy..."Surströmming"?
Trust me...this is why Sweden has never been invaded!

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

I can ship as much of it to the US as you want?

That was funny. I would try just about anything but I think I would draw the line at something that smelled so bad it would make the average person vomit.
Although I'm sure that that would provide a good additional barrier to our defence system, this is the fish I'm talking about:

 

[Tuberale]

Who Owns Meteorites?

As per the Forest Folks, BLM and all other Federal Goons, THEY DO!

Check the latest interpretations on the 1906 Antiquities act!

Yes they will Snatch them from you and send off to the Smithsonian!

You are both correct and incorrect.

A meteorite found on Bureau of Land Management or National Forest lands belongs to the Federal Government, and will be sent to the Smithsonian.

A meteorite found on private land belongs to the land owner against all other claimants.

 

[ivan salis]

what about the radioactive core that powered it?

 

[Tuberale]

what about the radioactive core that powered it?

Without question, the radioactive core powering the UARS was a terrorist attack on the US and should have been treated as such.

Had US soil been touched by such an object, it would have been treated as a terrorist attack. Just think of the bomb potential for that power station.

As it fell in the ocean and not on, say, the Twin Towers, it has only polluted the west coast of the US for the next several thousand years +/-.

Maybe that's what NASA was trying to say in warning people not to touch any piece of it they found? Space debris generally doesn't have sharp edges. Ablation takes care of that.