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Thats one reason chinese engineers cant control its entry. but ahead of the space debris office doesnt sound worried. >> to be injured by one of these fragments is extremely unlikely. my estimate is that the probability to be injured by one of these fragments is similar to the probability of being hit by lightning twice in the same year. >> did you know there was a space debris office? >> i thought that was the news from the entire piece. >> i think it is. the other news is, kids looking for eas...

That day a big piece comes down and were all wiped off the face of the planet. >> we dont have to worry about space degree too much. spent boosters like this one and smaller pieces down to a grain of sand. what might be a bigger concern is on hall lean well have an asteroid come within a little bit more than a moons distance from the earth. on a cosmic scale, thats pretty small. but its kind of, again, its kind of a karma thing. the dinosaurs were wiped out 300 million years ago. you can look at...

>> how do they know that. >> theres some speculation it could be a spent third stage from one of the apollo moon missions thats been going around since lunar space for this many decades. because its in a highly elliptical orbit. and so thats kind of what causes it to come in so sharply. >> the official name is wt, a bunch of numbers and then f. how did they come up with wtf. >> i think its appropriately named. however, at the same time, you have to remember that theres a lot of space degree up t...

>> ♪ i get knocked down i get back up again i get knocked down i get back up again ♪ >> seems like i just heard it on the radio yesterday. waking up to the song and today they will be supplying a supply module on the outside of the international space station using a robotic arm and theyll prepare for a space walk tomorrow. meantime, nasa keeping a close eye on some space degree that could come dangerously close to the space station. the duke and duchess of cambridge are back home in london ...