Odds falling satellite will hit human: 1 in 3,200....... wow what would be the line ???

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http://www.space.com/12999-dead-nasa-satellite-falling-earth-sept-23.html

A dead climate satellite that has been circling Earth for 20 years will make a fiery death plunge this week, with some pieces of the 6 1/2 ton spacecraft expected to reach the surface of the planet, NASA officials say.
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The bus-size Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, will likely plummet down to Earth sometime around Friday (Sept. 23), according to NASA's latest projections. There is a 1-in-3,200 chance that UARS debris could hit a person, though NASA considers that scenario extremely remote.
"Re-entry is expected Sept. 23, plus or minus a day," NASA officials wrote in an update posted Sunday (Sept. 18). That means that by Saturday (Sept. 24), the UARS satellite should slam into Earth's atmosphere and break apart. [Photos: Space Debris & Cleanup Concepts]
 

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I thought the odds would be much higher. Guess I have a better chance of getting killed by a falling satellite than winning the lotto
 

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with my luck it if i bet it it would land on my bookie
 

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So with those supposed odds, approximately 1000 people could get crushed if it lands in North America
 

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If some debris dropped on John Lackey, the Red Sox pitching staff would improve by at least 20%
 

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-350,000 no
+300,000 yes.

would be fair odds.

Hopefully the no is successful.
 

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with my luck it if i bet it it would land on my bookie

I'm wondering if you have bad luck or good luck. Is that you have such good luck that you won't have to pay him or you have such bad luck he'd die before he paid you? @)
 

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the odds have now dropped, I will be staying inside tonight and tomorrow, they gave some odds that were very high earlier, and now at 11;15pm EST, the odds have now dropped tremendously, my advise, stay home,

walking, driving, single story homes and apartments and even planes are in danger, they can give all the odds they want, but a possible 1100 pounds or more falling from the sky is very dangerous, a damn baseball falling from a 50 strory building is very dangerous, so go figure



forget them, say inside
 

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