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    Don't go out on Friday

    Nasa satellite to fall to earth on Friday, showering debris - Telegraph


    "NASA said the chance a piece of UARS debris will strike a person is about one in 3,200."

    UK Lotto Draw - Odds of winning the UK National Lottery.

    6 numbers are drawn at random from the set of integers between 1 and 49, which means there are 49!/(6!*(49-6)!) combinations of numbers - this means that the jackpot chance is 1 in 13,983,816 or approximately 1 in 14 million.

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    The largest chunk of wreckage from UARS is expected to be about 331 pounds (151kg), says Nicholas Johnson, chief scientist of NASA's Orbital Debris Program office at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
    He should lose some weight, the fat bastard.
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      #3
      Seeing as there's a thing called terminal velocity, that afaik also applies to falling space debris, why don't they use skydivers to attach a parachute to it?
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        #4
        "Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite", or "UPPER ARS".
        The vegetarian option.

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          #5
          Originally posted by wobbegong View Post
          "Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite", or "UPPER ARS".
          Project GARY as it was known internally.

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            #6
            Originally posted by PAH View Post
            Seeing as there's a thing called terminal velocity, that afaik also applies to falling space debris, why don't they use skydivers to attach a parachute to it?
            It'll be too hot to touch (unless the skydivers wear asbestos jumpsuits)
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              #7
              Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
              Nasa satellite to fall to earth on Friday, showering debris - Telegraph


              "NASA said the chance a piece of UARS debris will strike a person is about one in 3,200."

              UK Lotto Draw - Odds of winning the UK National Lottery.

              6 numbers are drawn at random from the set of integers between 1 and 49, which means there are 49!/(6!*(49-6)!) combinations of numbers - this means that the jackpot chance is 1 in 13,983,816 or approximately 1 in 14 million.
              AtW already did this one, or very similar, recently where I pointed out that you're comparing two different things. The chance of anyone being hit may be 1 in 3200, but the chance of you being hit are much less, just as the chance of anyone winning the lottery is much more than 1 in 14 million; more like 1 in 1.

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                #8
                Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
                AtW already did this one, or very similar, recently where I pointed out that you're comparing two different things. The chance of anyone being hit may be 1 in 3200, but the chance of you being hit are much less, just as the chance of anyone winning the lottery is much more than 1 in 14 million; more like 1 in 1.


                I can go out on Friday!

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by PAH View Post
                  Seeing as there's a thing called terminal velocity, that afaik also applies to falling space debris, why don't they use skydivers to attach a parachute to it?
                  Terminal velocity () for sky divers might well be a lot less than for a piece of space debris. At least for skydivers whose mass/area is less than the debris, for example.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
                    Terminal velocity () for sky divers might well be a lot less than for a piece of space debris. At least for skydivers whose mass/area is less than the debris, for example.

                    Ooops. I forgot that different shapes will fall differently, unless on the moon where there isn't air resistance.

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                    Feist - I Feel It All
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