NASA Satellite Chunks Likely To Hit Earth Today
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The odds of the debris landing on a person are apparently 3,200 to 1.
Call me an old cynic, but I am not massively reassured by that statistic....
Apparently,the odds of scoring a hole in one are 5,000 to 1 - and I have seen that happen loads of times.
I also read that the odds of being considered possessed by Satan are 7,000 to 1. And I definitely had a mother-in-law who met that description.
So I shall be wearing a hard hat until the danger has passed
Call me an old cynic, but I am not massively reassured by that statistic....
Apparently,the odds of scoring a hole in one are 5,000 to 1 - and I have seen that happen loads of times.
I also read that the odds of being considered possessed by Satan are 7,000 to 1. And I definitely had a mother-in-law who met that description.
So I shall be wearing a hard hat until the danger has passed
TheSnitch said:
The odds of the debris landing on a person are apparently 3,200 to 1.
Call me an old cynic, but I am not massively reassured by that statistic....
Apparently,the odds of scoring a hole in one are 5,000 to 1 - and I have seen that happen loads of times.
I also read that the odds of being considered possessed by Satan are 7,000 to 1. And I definitely had a mother-in-law who met that description.
So I shall be wearing a hard hat until the danger has passed
The chances of someone getting hit may be 3,200 to 1 against.....but the chances against it being you are 6,775,235,700 (or thereabouts) to 1 , so in total 21,680,754,240,000 to 1. Roughly.Call me an old cynic, but I am not massively reassured by that statistic....
Apparently,the odds of scoring a hole in one are 5,000 to 1 - and I have seen that happen loads of times.
I also read that the odds of being considered possessed by Satan are 7,000 to 1. And I definitely had a mother-in-law who met that description.
So I shall be wearing a hard hat until the danger has passed
Put your hard hat on though. We need a good laugh.
BBC article said:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-1502...
Nasa has warned members of the public not to touch any pieces of the spacecraft which may survive the re-entry, urging them to contact local law enforcement authorities.
feck that, i'm going to keep it Nasa has warned members of the public not to touch any pieces of the spacecraft which may survive the re-entry, urging them to contact local law enforcement authorities.
smartie said:
and it'll need to be a damn good hard hat - it weighs 6 tons!
It's symbolic. Just as councils used to declare themselves ''Nuclear-free zones'' during the cold war - a stance which provided little protection in the event of a nuclear holocaust - I am declaring my head a Space Debris-free area. Dave_ST220 said:
RemainAllHoof said:
Fing is, it isn't a boat, train or plane nor do I have that sub-forum in my favourite list as I have no interest in boats, trains or planes but I may have an interest in a satellite crashing into my house.
+1RemainAllHoof said:
Dave_ST220 said:
RemainAllHoof said:
Fing is, it isn't a boat, train or plane nor do I have that sub-forum in my favourite list as I have no interest in boats, trains or planes but I may have an interest in a satellite crashing into my house.
+1's
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