Mir reentry worries scientists

07:45 - Thursday 8 March 2001 by THG Reporting Team
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: mir, reentry, worries, scientists Category : Miscellaneous

The Russian space station Mir is supposed to land in the Pacific sometime after March 12, but a lot of people are nervous. On top of problems predicting flight path caused by the space station's strange aerodynamics, solar activity is at its height and a flare could theoretically change the vessel's course and send it crashing into land.

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