26 pieces of NASA spacecraft to likely reach Earth tomorrow
(NEWSER) - The 6.5-ton Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite is going to plummet to Earth tomorrow afternoon , and the fact that NASA can't say exactly where is making some people uneasy. Some 26 pieces of the satellite, ranging in size up to a few hundred pounds, are likely to survive re-entry and be strewn over hundreds of miles, although NASA says the odds of one of those chunks hitting any of the world's 7 billion people are only around 3,200-to-1, CNN reports. And take note, fearful Americans: One thing NASA does know is that UARS won't be passing over North America during the period of re-entry. More»
