Watch out next week

[Collymore]

I can see this raining downing on the walkers, it costing us three points and it envetibaly being sven's fault. That satellite tampering sneaky old Swede.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14952001

[CKB]

That bastard Sven!!!!

[The Doctor]

I can see this raining downing on the walkers, it costing us three points and it envetibaly being sven's fault. That satellite tampering sneaky old Swede.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...canada-14952001

that would be impressive given we're away next weekend and play on the sunday, with the satellite due to hit on the saturday.

[CKB]

that would be impressive given we're away next weekend and play on the sunday, with the satellite due to hit on the saturday.

Well that's Sven's fault aswell then!

[Guest Mee-9]

Everything is Sven's fault. From his team selection, to the fact I burnt my toast this morning.

He should just deal with this fact.

[Rincewind]

PA

A NASA satellite called UARS has fallen out of orbit and is heading towards the Earth.

If it damages your house you can sue the US government, a leading space lawyer has said. But if you find the wreckage, you cannot sell it on eBay because finders are definitely not keepers when it comes to satellites.

NASA has confirmed that UARS is expected to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere on Friday 23 September, possibly as early as tomorrow, and will crash to earth.

Didn't see another thread on this. Only saw it come up on my AOL messages today.

[Jon the Hat]

No British agency would ever name a Satellite "you arse". Brilliant.

[MikeyT]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/8780657/Nasa-satellite-the-size-of-bus-could-land-almost-anywhere.html

Nasa satellite the size of bus 'could land almost anywhere'

A 20-year-old Nasa satellite the size of a bus is heading for Earth and expected to hit on Friday.

Nasa and the US Department of Defense are tracking the 35ft spacecraft, the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or (UARS), as it heads towards the planet at five miles per second.

Experts say there is a one-in-3,200 risk of the space junk, which weighs six tons, hitting someone.

However, its speed means that there will only be a 20-minute warning before it strikes.

Debris is expected to scatter across a 500-mile area, with the biggest chunk weighing 300lb, the weight of a large refrigerator.

The anticipated landing area spans cities as far north as Edinburgh and as far south as Cape Horn, on the southern coast of South America.

NASA spokespeople have stressed that the risk to human life and property from UARS is small.

They cite the statistic that in 50 years of space exploration no one has ever been hurt by falling space junk, while they claimed that people were much more likely to be fatally struck by lightning.

Mark Matney, an orbital debris scientist at NASA, said: "We know it is going to hit somewhere between 57 north latitude and 57 south latitude, which covers most of the inhabited world unfortunately."

The biggest piece of space debris to fall from orbit was America's 75-ton Skylab which hit Earth in 1979.

UARS was launched in 1991 to measure the ozone layer, wind and temperature. It was officially decommissioned in 2005.

It is the biggest NASA spacecraft to "come back" in three decades, after Skylab fell in western Australia but Mr Matney said similar-sized pieces of spent rocket and satellite debris fall to Earth about once per year.

US Strategic Command's Joint Space Operations Center is "keeping everyone - not just NASA but all the federal agencies that deal with public safety issues - informed about where it is and predictions of where it's coming," a spokeswoman said.

NASA has warned people not to touch the debris if they come across it because it is likely to have sharp edges.

[lcfcadam]

Chances of it getting either the Ricoh, City Ground or Pride Park?

[somebum]

I hope to be in the vicinity of it; all that Titanium would make me a millionaire.

[MikeyT]

Chances of it getting either the Ricoh, City Ground or Pride Park?

haha

[accessory]

I hope to be in the vicinity of it; all that Titanium would make me a millionaire.

Not unless it crashed into your house. It still belongs to NASA.