same, or a twitter profile or service that would notify everyone when it actually happens, and if it happens to be over a populated area, warn people below it in a timely manner that they might get hit with a bolt or something.
I'm just curious how is that information useful at all. A bolt falling from space will penetrate any house, so I guess you'd need an underground bunker to protect yourself - but then the chances are so incredibly low, is it worth bothering with?
For me, it's not so much get out of the way, as it is to look up and observe it directly. On its penultimate orbit it should be observable all along its orbit and when it does de-orbit there is probably a 2500 mile wide swatch where you will get to see some portion of its disintegration. These were pictures of Mir : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1238009.stm for example.
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I wish there was a twilo service that would text me when it starts its last 2 or 3 orbits.
same, or a twitter profile or service that would notify everyone when it actually happens, and if it happens to be over a populated area, warn people below it in a timely manner that they might get hit with a bolt or something.
I'm just curious how is that information useful at all. A bolt falling from space will penetrate any house, so I guess you'd need an underground bunker to protect yourself - but then the chances are so incredibly low, is it worth bothering with?
For me, it's not so much get out of the way, as it is to look up and observe it directly. On its penultimate orbit it should be observable all along its orbit and when it does de-orbit there is probably a 2500 mile wide swatch where you will get to see some portion of its disintegration. These were pictures of Mir : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1238009.stm for example.
Chances of you being in car crash is low, so will you advocate not wearing seat belt either?
the chances of "it hitting you" is low, but chances of it hitting some place on earth is 100%. Hence precautionary measures should be taken,
It's worth watching, it will look like a large meteor that breaks into pieces and takes several minutes to cross the sky.
Also it is likely that some large pieces like pressure tanks will survive reentry.
some people just want to see the worl^H^H^H^Htiangong1 burn.