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Russian Rocket Hits Wyoming

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the slightly-off-course dept.

Harmonious Botch wrote in with a CNN story that opens: "A spent Russian booster rocket re-entered the atmosphere Thursday over Colorado and Wyoming, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said. NORAD spokesman Sean Kelly said the agency was trying to confirm a report that a piece of the rocket may have hit the ground near Riverton, Wyoming, at about 6 a.m. Kelly said military personnel had not yet reached the scene. No damage was reported and the debris was not believed to be hazardous, NORAD said. Eyewitnesses reported seeing flaming objects in the sky at the time the rocket was re-entering, Kelly said."

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  1. Most misleading headline ever? by RexHowland · · Score: 4, Interesting

    For what the story is...

    The headline sort of makes you think of a Cold-War Russian rocket attack.

    At least, it made me think that. -- And I'd already heard about the story.

  2. Re:Right... by megaditto · · Score: 4, Interesting

    anyway, any idea what would have happened if it actually caused damage?

    If what happened to Canada is any indication, then nothing at all

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