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Paul78zephyr Member Posts: 675 From: Hudson, MA Registered: Jul 2005	posted 03-18-2007 11:50 AM What exactly happens when the ET re-enters? Does in hit the ocean in one piece, several large pieces, lots of small pieces, completely vaporize? How do they know exactly where all of it will fall? What about ships in the Indian Ocean or even aircraft in flight? What if it has to come down somewhere else in the event of an problem, etc. How do they guarantee that no one will be hit by it? Paul
ASCAN1984 Member Posts: 1049 From: County Down, Nothern Ireland Registered: Feb 2002	posted 03-21-2007 07:58 AM Now there is a good question. I assume that they must try to aim for a piece of ocean that statistically has the least number of people/land mass. But thats just a guess
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 03-21-2007 08:49 AM From the Visual Satellite Observer's Home Page: quote: During earlier missions a tumble was induced (by venting excess gas) to negate aerodynamic lift and helped guide it toward a predetermined area; a large re-entry footprint is planned for in order that no pieces of the tank should come within 370 km of any land mass, nor enter foreign air-space, to avoid areas of human activity and the polar regions. The above linked page also includes imagery of a tank reentering and breaking apart.

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