it's science Sept. 21, 2011

Falling Satellite Will Land Someplace Unimportant

By Dan Amira

There’s still no way of telling where the UARS satellite will land on the globe. Could be Texas. Could be Michigan. Could be England or China or Australia. But according to this map, it won’t hit New York. [Achenblog/WP]

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