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The sky is falling, “U mad bro?”

NASA's 20 year-old UARS satellite weighs 6 tons, and it's falling towards Earth at an alarming speed. The odds of being hit in the head by are infentesimal -- which is exactly why few are taking the event seriously.

 

Lauren Rae Orsini

IRL

Posted on Sep 23, 2011   Updated on Jun 3, 2021, 2:36 am CDT

As long as there’s a hint of a danger, expect Twitter and Facebook to laugh in its face. Even though we on Earth are the ones that might get hit, the joke is on the satellite.

 

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*First Published: Sep 23, 2011, 7:31 pm CDT