Sometime today or perhaps in the wee hours of tomorrow morning, an Italian satellite (the BeppoSAX) will re-enter Earth's atmosphere. The 3100 lbs (1400 kg) satellite will disintegrate during re-entry, but hundreds of little fragments are expected to get through and crash into the earth. Its predicted that 1500 lbs of the satellite will not burn up in the atmosphere. That's a lot of satellite to be crashing into the Earth.
A good reason to eat at home tonight
Malaysia is on the list of countries that the Italian government has warned. We're on the re-entry path. These pieces of satellite could conceivably hit us. I suggest we stay in-doors today! :)
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