Doomed Soviet satellite from 1972 will tumble uncontrollably to Earth next week — and it could land almost anywhere
"As this is a lander that was designed to survive passage through the Venus atmosphere, it is possible that it will survive reentry through the Earth atmosphere intact, and impact intact," Marco Langbroek, a lecturer in space situational awareness at Delft Technical University in the Netherlands who discovered the lander's impending return, wrote in a blog post. "The risks involved are not particularly high, but not zero."
Am I wrong to hope it might land, intact, on The Kremlin?😁
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