OK guys, as you may have heard on the news, a giant NASA Satellite is in a decaying orbit and will burn up in the atmosphere but some of it is going to survive re entry and hit the Earth! The problem is that no one knows where it will hit! So that sounds like a perfect game of chance for us!
Projected re-entry date is Sept. 23rd, 2011. Here is some more information on the UARS Satellite:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/uars/index.html
http://www.space.com/12982-dead-nasa-satellite-falling-earth-sept-24.html
Here is a nice ground tracking webpage:
http://www.heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx?satid=21701&lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=CET
Now, pick a number on the map where you think the satellite will land! The winner gets bragging rights as the person that predicted where the space junk will land!
Good luck and remember to duck and cover!
Projected re-entry date is Sept. 23rd, 2011. Here is some more information on the UARS Satellite:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/uars/index.html
http://www.space.com/12982-dead-nasa-satellite-falling-earth-sept-24.html
Here is a nice ground tracking webpage:
http://www.heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx?satid=21701&lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=CET
Now, pick a number on the map where you think the satellite will land! The winner gets bragging rights as the person that predicted where the space junk will land!
Good luck and remember to duck and cover!
