Dear Americans: You may die.

Tasdik · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 13206 **Location:** Life

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A huge, dead satellite tumbling to Earth is falling slower than expected, and may now plummet down somewhere over the United States tonight or early Saturday, despite forecasts that it would miss North America entirely, NASA officials now say.

The 6 1/2-ton Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) was expected to fall to Earth sometime this afternoon (Sept. 23), but changes in the school bus-size satellite's motion may push it to early Saturday, according to NASA's latest observations of the spacecraft.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/09/ ... z1Yo668a00

Fresh · **Posted:** Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:59 pm

lol if that lands on me.

only_me · **Joined:** Mar 2008 **Posts:** 561 **Location:**

^ you would be one unlucky son of a bitch

HiggsBoson · **Joined:** Aug 2011 **Posts:** 24 **Location:** USA

Catch!!!

Ganja · **Joined:** Sep 2009 **Posts:** 1494 **Location:**

Last night they said it wouldn't land in North America. Now I feel like it's gonna hit me no matter what; also, how the hell can they even predict where it will land?

EvGa · **Joined:** Apr 2008 **Posts:** 2612 **Location:** Texas

Ganja wrote:

Last night they said it wouldn't land in North America. Now I feel like it's gonna hit me no matter what; also, how the hell can they even predict where it will land?

Trajectory?

Perfect gif:

Squirt · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 8186 **Location:**

I'll hide in a basement

*BlackFox · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 7923 **Location:**

Meh... It will probably burn up in the atmosphere! lulz

Tasdik · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 13206 **Location:** Life

*BlackFox wrote:

Meh... It will probably burn up in the atmosphere! lulz

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NASA expects about 26 large pieces of the UARS spacecraft to survive re-entry through Earth's atmosphere and reach the planet's surface. The biggest piece should weigh about 300 pounds.

I hope the biggest piece lands on you.

*BlackFox · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 7923 **Location:**

Well, let's see what happens, shall we? xD

.curve · **Posted:** Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:12 pm

I am not the slightest bit worried at all.

[SD]Twysta · **Posted:** Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:12 am

Ganja wrote:

Last night they said it wouldn't land in North America. Now I feel like it's gonna hit me no matter what; also, how the hell can they even predict where it will land?

"LOL POT DOESNT KILL BRAIN CELLS U DO NO SHIT"

BuDo · **Joined:** Dec 2008 **Posts:** 4714 **Location:**

Squirt wrote:

I'll hide in a basement

Shoulda said under the picnic table outside

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