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Must have been very thick tin foil, Roger. π€
What amazed me was the initial statement that it could hit the ground anywhere between 41N & 41S, New York to South Island of New Zealand. Not a lot of help, I thought...!
I caught an interesting clip on the problem of space junk today, Peter, and the comment that a chunk the size of a £ coin could land one in real trouble!
See the ESA's Space Debris site:
http://www.esa.int/Safety_Security/Space_Debris
Also:
Space debris removal demonstration launches
"This debris - of which there is roughly 9,000 tonnes up there - is a potential collision risk to the operational systems that deliver much-needed services, such as weather forecasting and telecommunications."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56482726
Usual human pattern - dump the junk and run. It is someone else's problem.
Roger
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830