tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37284339.post5180552198771213770..comments2023-04-09T12:29:58.488+01:00Comments on The Daily(ish) Millbrook: Space Junk - a point of viewThe Millbrookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15733104530532000463noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37284339.post-54117973644474419122011-09-24T08:48:03.928+01:002011-09-24T08:48:03.928+01:00Well - it's come down and as I have not heard ...Well - it's come down and as I have not heard a bang and Millbrooker Towers is still visible from my window I assume it missed you?<br />Interesting point of view about risks but perhaps a discussion of statistics next time we meet? 1:3200 chance of hitting anyone which means chance of you personally being hit is 1: Trillions and trillions. Ie. comparison with car risk is vamishingly small (which is what the thing seems to have done)Sorry to miss film club last week.Frankenkeithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37284339.post-69254617374199692282011-09-23T18:36:02.499+01:002011-09-23T18:36:02.499+01:00If you are the 'one' in 3,200tonight and h...If you are the 'one' in 3,200tonight and happen to be in a nightclub or concert or theatre, just think of the additional collateral damage!! dont be selfish - everyone stay in, and impose on themselves a 50 meter exclusion zone, for the love of humanity.steve Onoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37284339.post-82426965931763915332011-09-23T16:09:43.802+01:002011-09-23T16:09:43.802+01:00I think your figures are all wrong. There is a 1 3...I think your figures are all wrong. There is a 1 3200 chance of some one on the Earth getting hit.<br />England is 130,395 Sqm<br />The land surface of the earth is148,940,000 so I think there is only a 1 in 3655110 chance of someone in England being hit. I did not include Scotland and Wales cause I don’t care Antony Mann (The Sump)noreply@blogger.com