Satellite Piece Crashes Through Man's Roof

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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How does that work?

[Anonymous Coward]

With Fucking Magnets.

There is an important piece of information missing

[lsh123]

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

Donnie Darkov

[Anonymous Coward]

Did he get a warning from Frankovsky the giant rabbit? :)

Re:This isn't miraculous. It's merely fortunate.

[AuraSeer]

I didn't say it was a miracle. "Miraculous" as an adjective can mean something looks similar to a miracle. It does not necessarily imply that an event is literally due to the intervention of a supernatural divine force.

But hey, thanks for your input anyhow, Easily Offended Overly Dramatic Atheist Guy Who Takes The Slightest Excuse To Announce His Atheist Atheism. I keep hearing stories about you but it's nice to finally meet you in person.

Re:There is an important piece of information miss

[Reservoir Penguin]

Some corrections since it fell near where I live and a lot of people got to observe the fiery trail we thought it was a plane actually)

1) It crashed in Ordyn district of Novosibirsk region, not Tobolsk which is to the west.
2) There is a Cosmanauts street in nearly every Russian town and from what I hear fragments were discovered all over Ordynsk, so the irony is a bit misplaced here.
I'm too concerned about apparently poor quality control with recent launches. I agree that it's most likely due to loss of experience due to aging workforce.