Incoming! Russian spacecraft hurtling towards us at 4.6m a second!
Dang. A Russian spacecraft launch has gone horribly wrong. In a week or so it will be hurtling back to Earth.
Time to don real tinfoil hats.
If it heads for London, I hope they tell us. I will shelter in the Northern line at Angel. Nice and deep there!
http://www.theguardian.com/science/live/2015/apr/29/unmanned-russian-cargo-spacecraft-m-27m-falling-to-earth-live
[h="2"]Progress 59 spacecraft passes over England and London[/h]
ISS Progress 47 docked at the International Space Station. Photograph: NASA/REX Shutterstock/NASA/REX ShutterstockAn unmanned Russian cargo spacecraft plunging back to Earth and apparently out of control has passed over southern England. Here’s what we know so far:
Time to don real tinfoil hats.
If it heads for London, I hope they tell us. I will shelter in the Northern line at Angel. Nice and deep there!
http://www.theguardian.com/science/live/2015/apr/29/unmanned-russian-cargo-spacecraft-m-27m-falling-to-earth-live
[h="2"]Progress 59 spacecraft passes over England and London[/h]
ISS Progress 47 docked at the International Space Station. Photograph: NASA/REX Shutterstock/NASA/REX ShutterstockAn unmanned Russian cargo spacecraft plunging back to Earth and apparently out of control has passed over southern England. Here’s what we know so far:•
The ship had been scheduled to dock with the ISS, where the international crew of six people is awaiting the cargo, on 30 April.
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A statement released overnight by the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) in the US says the Progress 59 spacecraft is rotating at a rate of 360 degrees every five seconds. (see 13.03).
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US space agency Nasa last provided an update at 4am UK time explaining that Russian flight controllers were continuing attempts to communicate with the Progress 59 cargo spacecraft (see 12.25).
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Progress 59 can be tracked using satellite monitoring tools online including Satflare and NY2O (see 13.51). It is travelling at 4.64 miles per second – or nearly 17,000mph.
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Don't scare me like that 
Original post by Puddles the Monkey
Don't scare me like that
Don't worry. Apparently the odds of being hit by it are 2.2 trillion to 1. We can all relax and enjoy watching it hurtle past.
Original post by the bear
that is only 10.35 miles per hour 
Oh. Sorreee. The 'm' meant 'miles', not meters.
Yours unscientifically.
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Original post by Fullofsurprises
Oh. Sorreee. The 'm' meant 'miles', not meters.
Yours unscientifically.
Fullofsurprises
Humanities House
Notverysciency Avenue
Untechnical City
BAhons-shire.
Yours unscientifically.
Fullofsurprises
Humanities House
Notverysciency Avenue
Untechnical City
BAhons-shire.
you need a STEM guy to help with these awks moments
Original post by the bear
you need a STEM guy to help with these awks moments
It just helps so much. Although there are science ladies around in these modern days you know.
Original post by Fullofsurprises
It just helps so much. Although there are science ladies around in these modern days you know.
mmmhmm
http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00494/science1_682_494832a.jpg
Original post by Fullofsurprises
Don't worry. Apparently the odds of being hit by it are 2.2 trillion to 1. We can all relax and enjoy watching it hurtle past.
But that means that there is a 0.3% chance that someone does get hit by it!!! And your change of getting hit increases in large crowds
Original post by Aph
But that means that there is a 0.3% chance that someone does get hit by it!!! And your change of getting hit increases in large crowds
Well, yeah, I suppose there's a 0.3% chance that someone on the entire Earth will die of Russian spacecraft. But that's really not that big a risk, I mean, how many people on Earth die of, say, heart disease every day?
Original post by Fullofsurprises
Oh. Sorreee. The 'm' meant 'miles', not meters.
It's really russian towards us
Spoiler
Original post by Puddles the Monkey
It's really russian towards us
Spoiler
Original post by Puddles the Monkey
It's really russian towards us
Spoiler
No need. That was a good pun
Original post by Fullofsurprises
Well, yeah, I suppose there's a 0.3% chance that someone on the entire Earth will die of Russian spacecraft. But that's really not that big a risk, I mean, how many people on Earth die of, say, heart disease every day?
I know... Though in the UK you are more likely to die from a meteor then lightening strike so we are at more risk!!!! And anyway, all preventable deaths are a tragedy.
Original post by Fullofsurprises
Sounds an awful like my attempts at KSP. And the new update just came out yesterday… coincidence?
Original post by Dez
Sounds an awful like my attempts at KSP. And the new update just came out yesterday… coincidence?
Ooo. I just looked up 'KSP'. Do you think the Russians are using game software to run their space missions?
That would certainly explain this.
Original post by Dez
Sounds an awful like my attempts at KSP. And the new update just came out yesterday… coincidence?
I can't even get my rockets off the ground in KSP
I'm not a threat to anyoneOriginal post by Fullofsurprises
Ooo. I just looked up 'KSP'. Do you think the Russians are using game software to run their space missions?
That would certainly explain this.
That would certainly explain this.
Would definitely explain a lot. Especially ISS missions, docking spacecraft is really tricky.
Original post by Puddles the Monkey
I can't even get my rockets off the ground in KSP I'm not a threat to anyone
I'm not a threat to anyonePoor Jebediah.
Original post by Puddles the Monkey
I can't even get my rockets off the ground in KSP I'm not a threat to anyone
I'm not a threat to anyoneIs that one of those games that takes, like, 600 hours of intense efforts to get to Level 1 of 327 levels. Where only level 198 feels good?
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