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Title: VIDEO: Where will falling space craft land?
Post by: DataBot on January 14, 2012, 15:48:35 PM

VIDEO: Where will falling space craft land?

The Russian space craft Phobos-Grunt is expected to come crashing back to earth at the weekend after a serious malfunction.

Source: VIDEO: Where will falling space craft land? (http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/science-environment-16555558)

Title: Re: VIDEO: Where will falling space craft land?
Post by: Data on January 14, 2012, 15:58:13 PM

Oh! I notice it passes over or close to me.

Title: Re: VIDEO: Where will falling space craft land?
Post by: DD1975 on January 14, 2012, 16:16:56 PM

I seem to be out of range of this one, although I doubt you would get good odds on it landing in the sea somewhere :thumbsup:

Title: Re: VIDEO: Where will falling space craft land?
Post by: GT40 on January 14, 2012, 17:43:51 PM

Maybe in advance??

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16559991 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16559991)

(sorry not funny at all but couldn't resist)

Title: Re: VIDEO: Where will falling space craft land?
Post by: Data on January 16, 2012, 12:44:23 PM

Well it didn't come down on or near me, not really surprising, in the end it came down in the Pacific.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16491457 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16491457)

Title: Re: VIDEO: Where will falling space craft land?
Post by: Snowcrash on January 16, 2012, 19:37:23 PM

That's a $163 million firework then.

Good on price but bad on results.

Datahopa

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