<story><title>Object that slammed into Florida home was space junk for ISS, NASA confirms</title><url>https://www.space.com/object-crash-florida-home-iss-space-junk-nasa-confirms</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bhhaskin</author><text>You would have to have some pretty bad luck to be hit by space junk like that. Not saying it&amp;#x27;s a good thing or anything, just that the odds are pretty astronomical.</text></item><item><author>koolba</author><text>&amp;gt; The cylindrical piece of space junk is made of a metallic alloy called Inconel, they added. It weighs 1.6 pounds (0.7 kg) and measures 4 inches (10 centimeters) high by 1.6 inches (4 cm) wide.&lt;p&gt;I’m no rocket scientist, but I’m pretty sure that would kill you if you got hit. Though we’ll have to run a couple more tests to be sure.&lt;p&gt;Home owner says it tore through two floors: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;Alejandro0tero&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1768729031493427225&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;Alejandro0tero&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;176872903149342722...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gchamonlive</author><text>The more junk the higher the probabilities of an accident. It doesn&amp;#x27;t have to reach two digits probability for it to start to be a problem. Densely populated areas + high likelihood of space debris could lead to unacceptable risks. Although I agree the actual danger is in the orbits and with deployed satellites.</text></comment>
<story><title>Object that slammed into Florida home was space junk for ISS, NASA confirms</title><url>https://www.space.com/object-crash-florida-home-iss-space-junk-nasa-confirms</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bhhaskin</author><text>You would have to have some pretty bad luck to be hit by space junk like that. Not saying it&amp;#x27;s a good thing or anything, just that the odds are pretty astronomical.</text></item><item><author>koolba</author><text>&amp;gt; The cylindrical piece of space junk is made of a metallic alloy called Inconel, they added. It weighs 1.6 pounds (0.7 kg) and measures 4 inches (10 centimeters) high by 1.6 inches (4 cm) wide.&lt;p&gt;I’m no rocket scientist, but I’m pretty sure that would kill you if you got hit. Though we’ll have to run a couple more tests to be sure.&lt;p&gt;Home owner says it tore through two floors: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;Alejandro0tero&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1768729031493427225&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;Alejandro0tero&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;176872903149342722...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bagels</author><text>People have been hit by meteorites (which of course are more plentiful currently):&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.smithsonianmag.com&amp;#x2F;smart-news&amp;#x2F;only-person-ever-h&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.smithsonianmag.com&amp;#x2F;smart-news&amp;#x2F;only-person-ever-h&lt;/a&gt;...</text></comment>