So, the news is a spy satellite is coming down. The responsible agencies are being quite up front about it. I guess its hard to hide something the size of a bus when it reenters our atmosphere. They say its happened before, so whats different about this one?
Well, no one knows where its going to come down. It seems that its lost its engines and it has no steering. So guiding it over an ocean or the Australian outback where it won't harm anything but an unlucky fish or Aborigine is out of the question.
It also seems to contain some beryllium, a potentially hazardous material, so blowing it to pieces and having rain down on reentry is not an option either. Looks like this thing has a free shot at earth and could hit about anywhere. I suppose Washington DC is out of the question?
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