[Scan-DC] Space Station in Evacuation Mode

[kds at 1bigred.com]

Is my math right? Are they tracking an item about a third of an inch in
size??

Kurt

> http://adjix.com/g5pq
> 
> 
>From the BNO Newsroom.
> 
> INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION (BNO NEWS) -- The International Space
> Station
(ISS) crew is taking precautionary measures while it is
> awaiting
a possible space debris collision, a NASA spokeswoman tells
> BNO
News.
> 
> "A collision is possible and to avoid
that, the crew will enter the
> Soyuz capsule at 12.34 p.m. EDT
until 12.45 p.m. EDT to evacuate in
> case there is an
impact," the spokeswoman said. The official described
> the
possibility of an actual impact as "low" but said it is a
rare
> event.
> 
> The size of the space debris is
reported to be 0.009 meters. "Tracking
> data says the object
will be within a 4.5 kilometer range," she added.
> 
> Further details were not immediately available.