Give Me Space

The sky isn’t really falling — at least figuratively.

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Artist’s rendering of the Van Allen Probes in orbit around Earth.

NASA

A 1,300 lb. satellite fell to Earth this past week, and unless you’re on the phone right now with the insurance company and the roofers, you probably didn’t notice. The chances of anyone getting brained by a piece of debris was small, the authorities insisted, “just 1 in 4,200.”

Hmm.

James Lileks

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