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One big piece will most likely not burn all the way up. A whole bunch of little pieces will burn up in the re-entry and not hit the ground. Nothing but a light show.

BTW, I don't buy that BS about trying to keep the hydrazine from people, and neither does my dad who designed the rocket nozzles that put that thing in orbit in the first place.
There is technology on that bird that the US does not want falling into the wrong hands, that is why they are going to shoot at it.

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Old 02-15-2008, 08:04 AM
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