To be fair, the Russians aren't attacking. In fact, the US military knew this was coming and expected it. Debris from launched spacecraft and rocketry regularly fall back into the atmosphere. Stilll, residents who didn't know that might well have thought that the Russians were invading when they dialed 911. Things might have gone rather differently a few decades ago.
The mysterious boom and flash of light seen over parts of Virginia Sunday night was not a meteor, but actually exploding space junk from the second stage of a Russian Soyuz rocket falling back to Earth, according to an official with the U.S. Naval Observatory.
The Russian-built Soyuz rocket lifted off Thursday from the Central Asian spaceport of Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to launch a new crew and American billionaire Charles Simonyi — the world's first two-time space tourist — to the International Space Station. The spaceflyers arrived at the space station on Saturday.
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I'm pretty sure Death trumps Love.
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I'm from Virginia Beach and heard it. We were watching a rather loud movie and it sounded like our back door slammed. We all jumped up and ran outside, as did many neighbors. Falling space junk interrupted my movie, dammit!
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When do we see the first zombie outbreaks?
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I'm here in Va Beach, and I heard it. At first I thought it was thunder, but it sounded 'weird'. Local news stories on the noise have hilarious comments attached to them..
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It was the front end of a huge asteroid headed toward Earth. Alot of these little meteorites have been sighted over thelast year. Alot more will be reported in the next year or two. I can't say when the big one will hit, but it's coming soon. Enjoy your lives and remember love conquers all. Even death.
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