Piece of space station goes through Florida home

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Metal thought to be International Space Station trash rips through Florida home | International Space Station | The Guardian

Nasa investigates cylindrical slab believed to be part of discarded battery pallet that tore through Naples house

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[DB is Here]

Looks like it's pay day...

 

[CountryGent]

Wonder if their homeowner's insurance covers "piece of a space station impacting house".

Good news it missed the occupants though.

 

[DB is Here]

Wonder if their homeowner's insurance covers "piece of a space station impacting house".

Good news it missed the occupants though.

No, but someone would pay dearly for it on ebay or farcebook marketplace.

 

[aljames]

He always wanted a skylight. The government steps up to fill the needs of its people once again!

 

[Flopsweat]

Looks like it's pay day...

Hopefully. They never should have ditched such a dense object that size. Way less solid pieces smaller than that have made it to the ground before. A couple tons of batteries, what could go wrong?

 

[Alexx1401]

As we keep sending more and more stuff into space wonder how long it will be before something finally does hit someone? Suspect this guy could sell the thing for more than enough to cover damage. First time something actually kills someone though it should keep a pack of lawyers busy for decades.

 

[Flopsweat]

As we keep sending more and more stuff into space wonder how long it will be before something finally does hit someone? Suspect this guy could sell the thing for more than enough to cover damage. First time something actually kills someone though it should keep a pack of lawyers busy for decades.

Stuff has hit people, but it's mostly been stuff that never actually made it to orbit. There are a lot of us, but we don't cover a lot of square footage. Sort of the Big Sky deal, but on land.

 

[JustShoot]

As we keep sending more and more stuff into space wonder how long it will be before something finally does hit someone? Suspect this guy could sell the thing for more than enough to cover damage. First time something actually kills someone though it should keep a pack of lawyers busy for decades.

Kessler syndrome.
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[Spitpatch]

Chicken Little was right.

 

[bcp]

Does Florida have anti-littering laws?



Bruce

 

[Nutty4Guns]

Does Florida have anti-littering laws?



Bruce

The police are far too busy in Florida chasing around 'Florida Man' to trifle with such things as littering.

 

[gmerkt]

Wonder if their homeowner's insurance covers "piece of a space station impacting house".

Most standard policies have falling object coverage. Which includes tree branches. In some locations, there are clauses that exclude hail damage. It would be difficult for an insurance company to deny that space junk constitutes falling objects.

 

[gmerkt]

We had another thread going here a while back re. space junk. One of the topics mentioned was shade on the planet caused by the millions of objects that are cluttering up space above the earth. At the time, some here thought it was a negligible concern. Since then, I've read that some scientists are truly concerned about that very threat. Not tomorrow, but eventually. There is a lot of stuff up there. I suppose it's only reasonable to assume that there will be more and more falling space debris over time.

 

[Flopsweat]

We had another thread going here a while back re. space junk. One of the topics mentioned was shade on the planet caused by the millions of objects that are cluttering up space above the earth. At the time, some here thought it was a negligible concern. Since then, I've read that some scientists are truly concerned about that very threat. Not tomorrow, but eventually. There is a lot of stuff up there. I suppose it's only reasonable to assume that there will be more and more falling space debris over time.

What do the climate change enthusiasts think of that?

 

[po18guy]

Joe will make the EU pay for this!

 

[Nosferatu]

Does Florida have anti-littering laws?



Bruce

If you saw what everyone's single-wide looked like, you'd know the answer.

 

[GrayGoose]

That piece of debris went down faster than Kamela at a DNC party.

 

[po18guy]

That piece of debris went down faster than Kamela at a DNC party.

In their professional career, who took more balls to the chin:
1. Babe Ruth
2. Joe DiMaggio
3. Kamala Harris

 

[aljames]

In their professional career, who took more balls to the chin:
1. Babe Ruth
2. Joe DiMaggio
3. Kamala Harris

#3. Final answer.