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Sunday, September 18, 2011

NASA: Satellite items to hit Earth in a very week


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NASA has been watching the 6-ton satellite closely. On Friday officers moved up their prediction for its arrival to Sept. 23, offer or take daily.
NASA scientists have calculated the satellite can entered twenty six items because it gets nearer to Earth. the percentages of it hitting somebody anywhere on the world are one in three,200. The heaviest piece to hit the bottom are going to be concerning 350 pounds, however nobody has ever been hit by falling house junk within the past.
STORY: NASA: Satellite may scatter debris over five hundred miles
NASA expects to present the general public additional detailed info early next week. For now, all continents except Antarctica might be hit by satellite debris.
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