It is a junkyard up there.

[I-25]

Originally Posted by sunvalleyslim

Many a night I have laid under the desert sky in Baja, Mexico watching the sattelites go by, wondering just how much of it was space junk going along. What I'd like to see is a huge piece entering and burning up the atmosphere.....now that would be awesome............

what places you go to in baja? iv seen stuff burning up on reentry also in the baja desert haha, hell i like in tecate

[Zachstar]

These sats were not space stations they were light and most of the remaining bits would be vaporized upon entry.

Any of these stories of people nearly being hit by a piece or whatever is a bunch of hogwash.