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Satellite Piece Crashes Through Man's Roof

Posted by samzenpus on from the return-to-sender dept.

PolygamousRanchKid writes "A Siberian resident miraculously escaped serious injury or even death when a fragment of a Russian communication satellite crashed through the roof of his house. A Meridian satellite that was launched Friday from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia on board a Soyuz-2 carrier rocket crashed near the Siberian city of Tobolsk minutes after lift-off. A titanium ball of about five kg fell on to the roof of a house in Ordyn district."

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  1. Does he get to keep it? by Tyrannosaur · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So I read the article twice- are they going to fix his house for him? Does his insurance cover "terminal velocity" damages? I vote he gets to keep the 5kg titanium ball at least - a souvenir from the great russian space program :)

    1. Re:Does he get to keep it? by Nyeerrmm · · Score: 4, Interesting

      My renters insurance and at least specifies that it covers damage from 'aircraft and spacecraft'.

      So... possibly yes?

  2. There is an important piece of information missing by lsh123 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The house is located on Cosmonauts Street (no, this is not a joke)

  3. Re:Clarification - fact checking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If a 5kg sphere of titanium falling from a failed satellite launch hit this guy's roof yet failed to crash through it then apparently this guy lives in a heavily reinforced bunker.