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Nasa says part of International Space Station crashed into Florida home (www.bbc.com)

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US space agency Nasa confirmed that an object that crashed into a home in Florida earlier this month was part of the International Space Station (ISS).

The metal object was jettisoned from the orbiting outpost in March 2021, Nasa said on Monday after analysing the sample at the Kennedy Space Center.

The 1.6lb (0.7kg) metal object tore through two layers of ceiling after re-entering Earth's atmosphere.

Homeowner Alejandro Otero said his son was nearly injured by the impact.

Nasa said the object was part of some 5,800lbs of hardware that was dumped by the station after it had new lithium-ion batteries installed.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

"It almost hit my son. He was two rooms over and heard it all,"

I mean, relative to coming from space I guess it almost hit his son. How does he feel about every car he drives past on a two lane road? "Oh shoot! Almost collided with that one too!"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what a stupid comparison. just wow!

do you know you can see cars you just drive past in the mirror and actively avoid accidents? how about space debris from space while you're inside?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You're right, that comparison is incongruent. And looking at it again, I can understand the dad's reaction. It just struck me as funny that he said "almost hit" and then that the kid was two rooms away.

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