German satellite could collide with Earth in late 2011
01-03-2011, 17:17
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German satellite could collide with Earth in late 2011
The ROSAT satellite has been in orbit for over 20 years, giving scientists data for thousands of articles. But now the three ton satellite is getting attention for a new reason: it will fall toward Earth in late 2011.
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,...n-2097-html-nl
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01-03-2011, 17:29
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Re: German satellite could collide with Earth in late 2011
"Collide" is probably a little overstating the satellite/planet interface scenario...... 
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01-03-2011, 17:46
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Re: German satellite could collide with Earth in late 2011
"Collide" in the same sense as flies collide with my windscreen.  Except in that scenario the flies would actually have to vapourize an inch or so above the glass.
TBH it looks as if the journo who wrote the item may not be a native English speaker ...
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01-03-2011, 17:54
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Re: German satellite could collide with Earth in late 2011
damn germans ..dropped saterllites on our chipshop 
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01-03-2011, 18:14
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Re: German satellite could collide with Earth in late 2011
as long as its not the lug wafler coming back for another go
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02-03-2011, 09:20
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Re: German satellite could collide with Earth in late 2011
It won't "collide" at all
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"But our current estimates see a very low probability of the satellite colliding with the earth's surface," he told Deutsche Welle. "We calculated the probability of that happening as being 0.001 percent."
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02-03-2011, 09:22
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Re: German satellite could collide with Earth in late 2011
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02-03-2011, 12:05
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Re: German satellite could collide with Earth in late 2011
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damn germans ..dropped saterllites on our chipshop |
At least it's not a Volvo......
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02-03-2011, 12:09
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Re: German satellite could collide with Earth in late 2011
Well as the Earth is covered in approx 71% water, its more than likely going to crash into water.
They might even be able to adjust its orbit to help acheive this.
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02-03-2011, 12:28
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Re: German satellite could collide with Earth in late 2011
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They might even be able to adjust its orbit to help acheive this.
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Nah, It's steering systems went offline years ago.
It doesn't need it though, it'll lose altitude and burn up, really a non-story. If anything does hit earth it'll be nice small pieces that wouldn't do much damage.
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