Orbital debris experts

[fatblokish]

from the Beeb:
"Orbital debris experts say there are large uncertainties in predicting re-entry events and it is currently not possible to forecast precisely when or where on Earth the final descent will occur" (of the Russian failed Mars probe, Phobos-Grunt .

Perhaps these folk should be called pioneers rather than experts...

 

[derrick]

If it hits ya you won't know much about it, lol

 

[Hover Fly]

"Phobos-Grunt"? Who the hell thought up that name?

 

[Norm]

"Phobos-Grunt"? Who the hell thought up that name?

Someone in Russia?

 

[Maz]

Didn't a recent Russian Satellite crash land onto a street in Siberia called Cosmonaut Street?
On that basis, Phobos-Grunt should hit another Siberian satellite town.

 

[fenlandpsychocyclist]

Sounds like yet another department making noises in the press "just to ensure they receive further funding for further research".

The global warming bandwagon is full of them.

 

[Milo]

Yawn...

 

[PBancroft]

"Phobos-Grunt"? Who the hell thought up that name?

It translates as Phobos-Ground, apparently. Its mission was to travel to Phobos, take a soil sample, and return to earth... so it was quite aptly named I think.

And for my next trick, I'll explain why Hitler wasn't the leader of the Nazis.