Ding, ding, ding! We have a brand-new euphemism:
A dead NASA satellite will plummet to Earth will on Friday (Sept. 23), and while the U.S. space agency doesn't know exactly where pieces of the massive spacecraft will hit, one thing is certain: North America is in the clear.
NASA's Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, is set to make an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth's atmosphere on Friday. However, it is still too early to tell exactly where the 6.5-ton spacecraft will fall. Scientists will likely have a much better idea of where the debris will land about two hours before the impact, NASA officials said.
"Uncontrolled re-entry" -- I think that's what you and I would call a "crash." And thank God it will spare North America. Look out, furriners!
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Damn! Mir missed me. Skylab missed me. Now it looks like this hunk of junk is going to miss me. I've had a dull life; you'd think I could at least luck into an interesting death.
Oh well, I guess I'll just return to my plan of mortality through bad habits. Ho-hum.