Saturday, May 29, 2021

I'm No Worse at It than NASA

 May 15, 2021

 

Sometimes when I see a satellite moving through the sky, I try to plot its trajectory. It’ll look like it’s on track to go through the handle of the Big Dipper, for example, but in the end it grazes the top star of the bowl. I once told someone that I’d have to work on my astro-geometry skills.

But when the Chinese satellite was scheduled to fall to Earth, even the best scientists couldn’t pinpoint a location for touchdown(s).

So, now I don’t feel so bad.



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