Space junk on it's way to Israel?!

As if the threat of Iranian nuclear warheads and Palestinian terrorists aren't a big enough danger to Israel, The Russian-language webzine in Israel, "Kursor.co.il" announced today that there's a possibility that space junk from the ISS (International Space Station) will hit Israel.

Since my Russian isn't as good as my Arabic, I had to use the google language translator program, which provided the following translation from Russian:

Israel [to be] struck by space debris

This week the crew of international space station to drop 700 kilograms of open space debris. According to sources at NASA, the ISS will be withdrawn from the container with 635 kg of various waste and ceased operation of the telescope weighing 100 kg.

All the "space ship" will rotate in the orbit for 300 days, gradually approaching the earth. Then it will go down in the atmosphere, which is projected scientists, the vast majority of debris burn up. However, the container itself disintegrate into many pieces, about 17 kilograms each. These fragments and obrushatsya land.

According to the forecast of the National Space Agency of the United States, most of the world's oceans absorb waste, but may be under siege and coastal areas, including in Israel. To track the movement of debris to set up a special radar station. Revelations of them will be transferred to computers and operators sprognoziruyut been falling pieces of the container and warn of the population.

According to Israeli experts, the exact warning could be followed for 1,5-2 hours before the fall. Citizens are "problematic" areas advise home or evacuate. It is also suggested that the reinforced roof can withstand the impact and protect residents.

Remember Skylab? (Old man Jack and PsychoToddler might, but I doubt Ezzie will have ever heard of it)



That was also a summer scare.

Coincidence? I think not.


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