The USA had lost control of a spy satellite up in space. The satellite was out of control and was on a crash coarse to hit the Earth in early March. The U.S. military took action and was successful by shooting up a missle and blowing up the satellite; that contained dangerous fuels on board and sensitve spy technology information. They even have some film footage that was being shown on all the news channels today and you can see the satellite blowing up.
I don’t think the satellite now poses much of a danger for those of us on the ground. I assume all the small pieces will just burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere as they come racing toward the ground. If this mission would have failed and the satellite kept falling, it could have been a different situation and there is no telling where the satellite might have landed. I guess with 70 percent of the Earth made up of water, there would have been a good chance the satellite would have just made a splash some where in the ocean. Luckily we don’t have to find out now and the satellite shouldn’t pose a threat to anybody now. Hopefully the will correct this problem to prevent other satellites from falling back to the Earth. There was a lot of good money that just got blew up today and I think it’s time we start spending those dollars better.
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