Shooting satellite

U.S. military officials said they are going to shoot down a broken spy satellite that is expected to crash toward earth sometime in late February. My first

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U.S. military officials said they are going to shoot down a broken spy satellite that is expected to crash toward earth sometime in late February. After saying earlier that they would just let the satellite fall where it may, officials now say that a highly toxic fuel onboard the craft, hydrazine, could leak upon landing and harm people. “If we fire at the satellite, the worst is that we miss,” said Gen. James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “The regret factor of not acting clearly outweighs the regret factors of acting.” (ABC News)

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