
Did A Gigantic Chunk Of Russian Space Junk Smash Into Texas?
Humans are interstellar litterbugs and we've left a ton of space junk floating around in space. Sometimes it comes back to us and it looked like Texas might take a hit this time.
As the saying goes, what goes up, must come down and a huge piece of space trash, launched over 50 years ago by Russia, is slowly slipping out of its orbit. Meaning, "heads up Earthlings".
Nobody knows exactly where, (or even if at this point), this thing, (may have), landed but the rough timeline has expired and no North American, or any other, impact sites have been ID'd.
I wonder if Russia somehow rigged this thing to come down hoping to crash it into the Ukraine. Hmm ... Seriously, there are a number of likely targets but Russia does NOT seem to be one of them so, go figure.
One thing is certain, sometime, somebody, somewhere may have gotten a big head start on putting in a swimming pool. With the exception of Russia, that somebody is pretty much anybody unless this thing came down in an ocean.
Just in case, I'm wearing a helmet until I know it's down.
Given its orbit, the spacecraft could land anywhere between latitude 52 degrees north and 52 degrees south, Langbroek wrote in a blog post. That represents a vast area, including the United States, South America, Africa, Australia, and most of Europe and Asia south of the Arctic Circle. - cbsnews.com
If it hits El Paso, it better not take out hit Southwest University Park we have a concert planned there. I'm gonna be really PO'd if it destroys anything in the 915 but especially my favorite places ... Barnett Harley Davidson, BBQ joints, the "B Bars" or any other live music venue.
Russia, you better hope not ...
The International Space Station
Gallery Credit: Ed Nice
The Space Shuttles of America
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