Space!

[globaleagle]

Don't look up!

carry an umbrella..!

 

[Seagles68]

carry an umbrella..!

Aren't you afraid of umbrellas?

 

[The '47ers]

That five-decade stay in space could come to an end today. Kosmos 482 is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere and possibly crash somewhere on the surface of the planet.

Phew, I'm glad they narrowed it down to "somewhere on the surface of the planet"!

 

[Brookie1973]

Phew, I'm glad they narrowed it down to "somewhere on the surface of the planet"!

“Possibly”. I guess that means it could miss.

 

[globaleagle]

Nerds!

Reentry prediction Soviet-era Venera Venus lander (Cosmos-482 descent craft) – Rocket Science

News from the edge of gravity

blogs.esa.int

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

"The risk of any satellite reentry causing injury is extremely remote. The annual risk of an individual human being injured by space debris is under 1 in 100 billion. In comparison, a person is about 65 000 times more likely to be struck by lightning."

Still, a 495kg lander... the chances of a human surviving that landing on you would be far less than 1 in 100 billion!
(Be funny if it landed on Putin though!)

 

[globaleagle]

"The risk of any satellite reentry causing injury is extremely remote. The annual risk of an individual human being injured by space debris is under 1 in 100 billion. In comparison, a person is about 65 000 times more likely to be struck by lightning."

Still, a 495kg lander... the chances of a human surviving that landing on you would be far less than 1 in 100 billion!
(Be funny if it landed on Putin though!)

This lander (as stated) was designed to withstand something like 300g's, etc. So there's a good chance it'll be impacting land/sea.

Cruising around since the '50's though. Sounds like some ST'ers. lol