Saturday, September 17, 2011

...for a soft landing...

i'm not usually one to panic,
but right now i'm a little concerned.

in one week's time nasa's upper atmosphere research satellite (cosily known as 'uars'), having fallen out of orbit, will crash back to earth. it could land anywhere between 57 degrees north and 57 degrees south. that's most of the populated world.

comfortingly nasa say the risk to life has been
calculated at 'just' 1 in 3,200.
i'm not comforted.

but it did get me thinking where, when it lands,
would i most like it to hit in order to serve the world some good.

here's my wish list:

1 - the knesset
2 - wherever gaddafi is hiding (and i hope he sees it coming)
3 - on a large group of somali pirates
4 - the knesset
5 - microsoft
6 - on bashar assad
7 - the knesset
8 - near lady gaga (not enough to hurt her, yet just enough to snap her vocal cords)
9 - the knesset
10 - umm, the knesset

in the meantime, heed nasa's advice, and don't panic.