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Moon it was as if our journey was done, and the realities of the money spent to get there was a demand. many raging in one apollo mission after another to the moon. so they cut them back. and later said the apollo 17 mission would be the last. >> i was strolling on the moon one day. >> sure that there would be sky lab and even a joint mission with the russians, but then the space shuttle. >> america's first space shuttle. >> amazing triumphs. >> got to be one of the most proud moments of my life, i guarantee you. >> amazing tragedies. >> the vehicle apparently exploded. >> but through the year...

A car wreck today is one in 16. so this isn't really much to worry about. bill: that's what she said, right? kris gutierrez, live at the johnson space center in houston, where is this headed, kris? >> >> reporter: boy f. that doesn't make you feel better, i don't know what will. nasa is still reporting this satellite will not enter the atmosphere in north america so the u.s. is still clear but the the timing has changed a bit from sometime this afternoon to possibly sometime early evening now but remember, bill, take a look here, this satellite is the size of a school bus but when it reenters ...

Yeah, 195 -- 249 million. the odds of being killed by contact with hornets, wasps or bees one in 79,000. we are not actually looking so good here on this satellite thing. >> reporter: comforting, holy smokes now you make me nervous, jon scott. i've got to call my wife and tell her to get back in the bunker. when you think of what happened in 1979 with sky lab, that was 75 tons and the current satellite is six tons. if we say this current satellite is the size of the school bus sky lab was like the whole bus barn and sky lab broke apart over australia and fortunately didn't hurt anyone, injure ...

I guess it may hit somebody. about it won't hit you and it won't hit me. >> this ain't a lotto anybody wants to win for sure. has fallen space junk ever hit anyone before? >> no, it hasn't. there is one case where it did land on something. it landed on someone but it has never happened in the history of the space program. >> very briefly. this satellite is over six tons. how does that rate compare to other space junk? >> it's pretty big. the biggest thing that ever came back was sky lab, uncontrolled. that was a big space station in 1979. that landed harmlessly over most of the indian ocean. a...

Perspective for us? >> well, i guess the best comparison is playing the lottery. you look in the newspaper and somebody wins the lottery. but you don't win the lottery. i don't win the lottery. but somebody wins. i guess it may hit somebody. but it won't hit you and it won't hit me. >> this ain't a lotto anybody wants to win for sure. has fallen space junk ever hit anyone before? >> no, it hasn't. there is one case where it did land on something. it landed on someone but it has never happened in the history of the space program. >> very briefly. this satellite is over six tons. how does that r...