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Old 02-14-2009, 04:59 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by CrusaderPi View Post
Meh. What are the odds of a big piece of space junk hitting a major metropolitan area. That would be like two satellites randomly crashing while in the emptiness of space.
I suppose it could be easy to figure out. (if i was good at math)

37% of the earth is land
80% of of the 6 billion people on earth live along or within 100 miles of the coasts or about 10% of the land.

Since I'm not smart enough to put in writing my math I'll take a wild stab at between 3-4% chance of it hitting a heavy populated area.
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