Satellites will have thoroughly fragmented by the time they reach the ground, you'd be hit by a piece of a satellite.
Assuming the study being referenced wasn't actually badly flawed, which it appears to be.
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db2@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Injure? Injure?? If someone gets nothing but a boo boo from a falling fucking satellite then they need to go buy a lottery ticket right away.
FaceDeer@kbin.social 1 year ago
abhibeckert@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If a satellite were to smash through the roof of my office and land harmlessly on the floor, I reckon I’d be quite startled and might bump my knee on the bottom of the desk…
There’s definitely a risk of injury, and you’re far more likely to be injured than killed.
burntbutterbiscuits@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
The lottery chances are independent of the other event I believe so why not go for it
CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 1 year ago
With my luck, I’d buy the winning lottery ticket and then get hit by a satellite the following day.
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Nah, if a satellite crashes through my roof, I’m definitely gonna be a first time lottery ticket buyer that day.
admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 1 year ago
Why? Wouldn’t you have spent all your luck for that day?
menemen@lemmy.world 1 year ago
One can get hurt without a direct hit. E.g. when a window bursts from a shockwave and hurts people inside a building.
GratefullyGodless@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It can hit in someone’s vicinity causing them injury. It would rarely be a direct strike.