Comment on 5,800 pounds of batteries tossed off the ISS in 2021 will fall to Earth today
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Reentry of the EP-9 battery pallet jettisoned from ISS in 2021 is currently predicted (by Space Force) between 1230 UTC Mar 8 and 0830 UTC Mar 9. It will not totally burn up on reentry - about half a tonne of fragments will likely hit the Earth’s surface.
Uh, I don’t know anything but - it seems like a half-tonne of nickel falling from space would be bad? Is this a “we calculated it will land in the Pacific” or a “Well, good luck everyone” sort of situation?
Graphy@lemmy.world 3 months ago
You know how in college you wished a bus would hit you so you could get tuition? I’ve got an idea