My Close Personal Friend Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer, explains what’s up with the spy satellite that’s been marked for death:

…And courtesy of a couple of pals of mine at NASA, here are two experts from the Goddard Space Flight Center, presenting a CGI animation of the planned interception and a concise but precise explanation of what ground-based observers ought to be able to experience tonight:

2 Responses to “Death To The USA 193”

  1. Kevan says:

    …and now I add Bad Astronomy to my regularly scheduled RSS feeds. What a cool video, it really boiled everything down quite nicely, I thought. Phil seems like a cool guy, you have the neatest friends, Mr. I.

  2. Probstisms says:

    Spy Satellite Falls Down, Goes Boom

    I saw a great video over on Andy Ihnatko’s Celestial Waste of Bandwidth this morning by Phil Plait, the author of Bad Astronomy Blog.
    In the video, Phil explains what is happening with the spy satellite that is slowly crashing to Earth. For reas…

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