Uncontrolled re-entry of NASA satellite

[mj.scuba]

I'll have my tin foil hat ready on the day.

[cgksheff]

As far as I'm aware the legal establishment outranks you, and has already said they will not.

 

Where?

 

NASA has said otherwise.

[bladesman123]

I would quite like a big peice of space debris for a garden ornament.

[Mikes10]

The satellite’s orientation or configuration apparently has changed, and that is

now slowing its descent. There is a low probability any debris that survives

re-entry will land in the United States, but the possibility cannot be discounted

because of this changing rate of descent. It is still too early to predict

the time and location of re-entry with any certainty, but predictions

will become more refined in the next 12 to 18 hours.

 

 

 

 

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/uars/index.html

[Mikes10]

Update #14

‎24 ‎September ‎2011, ‏‎08:16:50

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 satellite was passing eastward over Canada and Africa as well as

vast portions of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans during that period.

The precise re-entry time and location are not yet known with certainty.

 

 

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/uars/index.html

[denlin]

NASA also says on the website not to even touch it if you do find something, in case you get the Space Lurgy off it.

 

That's because they don't want you to keep it as a garden ornament or sell it on ebay:hihi::hihi:

[Karis]

That's because they don't want you to keep it as a garden ornament or sell it on ebay:hihi::hihi:

 

It would be an awesome thing to have, though. I mean, how many people have a piece of satellite in their house.

 

OK, it's probably going to be a burned up piece of cruddy metal with no redeeming features, but it'd still be cool.