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NASA Confirms Debris That Hit Florida Home Was Trash From ISS
UPI ^ | APRIL 17, 2024 | Ben Hooper

Posted on 04/18/2024 2:37:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway

NASA confirmed an object that crashed through the roof of a Florida home was indeed garbage jettisoned from the International Space Station.

The cylindrical object crashed through Alejandro Otero's roof in Naples, Fla., on March 8, and the sound of the crash was recorded by the homeowner's Ring camera.

The object was taken by NASA to be examined, and the space agency has now confirmed it was indeed the remains of a 5,800-pound cargo pallet of depleted nickel hydride batteries that was jettisoned from the ISS in March 2021.

"The hardware was expected to fully burn up during entry through Earth's atmosphere on March 8, 2024," NASA said in a statement. "However, a piece of hardware survived re-entry and impacted a home in Naples, Florida."

The 1.6-pound piece of debris, measuring about 4 inches long, was identified as "a stanchion from the NASA flight support equipment used to mount the batteries on the cargo pallet," NASA said.

NASA said the ISS will conduct an investigation to "determine the cause of the debris survival and to update modeling and analysis, as needed."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: florida; iss; nasa
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1 posted on 04/18/2024 2:37:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Litterbugs


2 posted on 04/18/2024 2:40:18 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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They missed the ocean ?


3 posted on 04/18/2024 2:40:35 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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“...the remains of a 5,800-pound cargo pallet...”

THAT would be a bit more of a problem than 1.6 lb.


4 posted on 04/18/2024 2:47:54 PM PDT by Paladin2
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“They missed the ocean ?”

Yeah, what are the odds?.....


5 posted on 04/18/2024 2:48:43 PM PDT by Paladin2
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I blame the guy in the stripped shirt
6 posted on 04/18/2024 2:49:10 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: nickcarraway

So the Rooskies are sending Rods From God to Fla.?


7 posted on 04/18/2024 2:50:01 PM PDT by Paladin2
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“Yeah, what are the odds?”

Well, if I remember high school geography....about 3 to 1.


8 posted on 04/18/2024 2:50:55 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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I’d find me the biggest shyster lawyer I could and sue them. Emotional damage, loss of use, can’t work because of trauma, can’t sleep, day night mares, loss of appetite, et al.


9 posted on 04/18/2024 2:52:47 PM PDT by Gaffer
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Who?


10 posted on 04/18/2024 2:53:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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"the biggest shyster lawyer..." With out a doubt, that would be this guy 👇
11 posted on 04/18/2024 2:57:29 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Paladin2

About 70% Ocean 30% Land but the odds of getting hit are less since not all land is inhabited.


12 posted on 04/18/2024 2:57:50 PM PDT by xp38
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13 posted on 04/18/2024 3:00:08 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: nickcarraway

Was it fluorescent green with embedded peanuts visible?


14 posted on 04/18/2024 3:02:09 PM PDT by katana
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They missed the ocean ?

They hit land!!! Much harder than hitting the ocean ...

15 posted on 04/18/2024 3:03:31 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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Damn thing must have been hot as hell when it blasted through the house.


16 posted on 04/18/2024 3:12:59 PM PDT by BobL (A society built on MERIT cannot survive on DEI (ref. South Africa, and now USA))
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Related: https://www.cnet.com/science/space/see-the-space-station-toss-trash-from-an-air-lock-for-the-first-time/


18 posted on 04/18/2024 3:43:33 PM PDT by kosciusko51
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The home owner called and emailed NASA over and over with no response. He finally started posting on X and NASA finally had to pay attention.

For all things space, from a real science, non-woke source, I HIGHLY recommend Robert Zimmerman. Here is his article about the roof crasher.

https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/de-orbiting-debris-from-iss-hits-a-house-in-florida/


19 posted on 04/18/2024 4:02:41 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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I’m not knowledgeable at all with this material.

Maybe someone can help-

I’m wondering what it was doing for 3yrs?

Orbit slowly degrading until plunging?


20 posted on 04/18/2024 4:06:38 PM PDT by Freest Republican (This space for rent)
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