OT: Space debris

[dare2be]

So I wonder if I could pass off this oval-shaped metal thing that has DishNetwork printed on it as space junk?

 

[potzer25]

NASA Satellite To Plummet To Earth

The odds of someone somewhere on Earth getting struck by the NASA satellite are 1 in 3,200. But any one person's odds are astronomically lower -- 1 in 21 trillion.

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

Well...that's odd.

 

[dash]

NASA has warned people not to touch any satellite part they might chance upon. There are no hazardous chemicals on board, but people can get hurt by sharp edges, the space agency said.

Damn those sharp edges...

 

[elocomotive]

I wonder what one could get for sattelite debris on Ebay. Probably more than for an empty pizza box.

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

So now if someone is feeling suicidal we're supposed to tell them to stay away from sharp satellite parts?

 

[elocomotive]

So now if someone is feeling suicidal we're supposed to tell them to stay away from sharp satellite parts?

Yes. And they are also being added to TSA's list of things people can not carry on to planes.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

They just better keep that shit off my lawn !

 

[Darkstone42]

If I happen across some random space debris, I am totally picking it up. I can deal with some lacerations if it means I get a piece of space junk. My apartment would be made just so much more epic by space junk.

 

[elocomotive]

If I happen across some random space debris, I am totally picking it up. I can deal with some lacerations if it means I get a piece of space junk. My apartment would be made just so much more epic by space junk.

I agree that would be a kick ass piece of decor.

I wonder what one could get for sattelite debris on Ebay. Probably more than for an empty pizza box.

Also, this idiot can't even spell satellite. What a mOron.

 

[quoipourquoi]

Has anyone seen my baseball mitt? I want to field this one.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Has anyone seen my baseball mitt? I want to field this one.

anyone over 10 years old who brings a baseball glove to a space debris rentry area is a jackass ... save the fun for the kids, man!

 

[jstewismybastardson]

speaking of catching falling debris

yikes


A dynamite blast gone wrong at a Vancouver Island gravel pit Tuesday afternoon hurled jagged rocks 400 metres, injuring three.

Crews set off the blast at Mid Island Aggregates in Shawnigan Lake, said RCMP. A flying rock severed one woman's arm at the elbow.



Read more: Three injured in explosion

 

[higgyfan4]

I agree that would be a kick ass piece of decor.



Also, this idiot can't even spell satellite. What a mOron.

Man, totally agree.

 

[puckhead]

If I happen across some random space debris, I am totally picking it up. I can deal with some lacerations if it means I get a piece of space junk. My apartment would be made just so much more epic by space junk.

On a business trip to China, I was gifted a brick from a 3,000 year old building (which I had to lug back in my luggage).
It's a rather cool artifact, but my wife's been bugging me to chuck it out for years.
Doesn't quite go with or decor, so it sits in the garage.