On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > Again, the > scale is the entire planet (and consider that in orbit we are talking about > 3 dimensional space and a much larger diameter than the Earth itself. What > are the odds of any of these things hitting each other?
One could say that if they were monkies with typewriters they would run into each other eventually, and almost certainly before the wrote "Gone With the Wind". As far as the odds of them running into each other... Sputnik was launched in 1957, so I would say the odds are at best 1:50 (per year). Since most of the satellites currently in orbit were launched in the past three decades or so, and launch frequency is increasing, the chances may be more like 1:25 (per year). -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288293 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
