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Old 30-09-11, 02:39 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Default Re: Anyone seen the falling satellite ??

When you read court transcripts like this you realise that anything is possible.

Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
A: No.

Q: Did you check for blood pressure?
A: No.

Q: Did you check for breathing?
A: No.

Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
A: No.

Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.

Q: But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?
A: It is possible that he could have been alive and practising law somewhere.
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Old 30-09-11, 10:17 PM   #12 (permalink)
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whens the verdict?
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In late October or early November a Germany astronomy satellite – called ROSAT- will plunge uncontrolled back to Earth.
While slightly smaller than UARS, the German satellite is expected to have more pieces survive re-entry. The German space agency estimated that it has a 1-in-2000 chance of hitting someone - higher than the 1-in-3,200 odds NASA gave for UARS.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...#ixzz1ZTPKY8H8

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Oh no,
Not again !

If it lands on my property it's going straight to the scrapyard, copper has gone up again
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So even though the German satellite is smaller, more pieces are expected to survive reentry.

Dam German quality!
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