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WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Published Wednesday, January 30, 2002 NASA issues alert on falling satellite debris BY MARTIN MERZER [EMAIL PROTECTED] The sky is falling. NASA on Tuesday warned residents of a vast swath of Earth -- from South Florida to Australia -- that heavy chunks of a dying, 3 1/2-ton satellite could strike the region tonight or Thursday. Engineers said that as many as nine pieces of debris weighing up to 100 pounds each could survive as NASA's Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer plunges through the atmosphere. The space junk could hit an area bordered by Orlando on the north and Brisbane, Australia, on the south. That includes all of South Florida, as well as Mexico City, Caracas and Bogot�. The debris field could stretch over 625 miles, but NASA said the odds favored impact in unpopulated areas. ``The probability of the few EUVE surviving pieces falling into a populated area and hurting someone is very small,'' said Ronald Mahmot, a NASA project manager. ``It is more likely that the small pieces will fall into the ocean or fall harmlessly to the ground.'' Many thousands of pieces of space debris fall toward Earth every year, but nearly all are incinerated by the atmosphere, and alerts from NASA are extremely rare. The dying satellite, which has no propulsion system and cannot be controlled from the ground, was 124 miles above Earth on Tuesday, but falling at a rate of 15 miles a day. Its final descent to Earth was expected between 10 tonight and 7 a.m. Thursday. Engineers said they would not know the precise reentry point until about 12 hours before impact. Any debris that reaches the surface would consist mostly of stainless steel and titanium, they said. Launched on June 7, 1992, the satellite helped scientists study the universe and better understand what they call the extreme ultraviolet spectrum. It was supposed to survive for only three years, but remained productive until December. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
