Space Garbage

[gr8fuldaniel]

Just a couple of days ago a cargo door snapped off of a commercial jet and landed in a back yard in Sacramento.
About 2 weeks ago this hunk of metal crashed a roof (in Chicago?);


Now this

Plane part falls through roof of Chicago home, lands close to woman's bed Plane part falls through roof of Chicago home, lands close to woman's bed <snip> The homeowner, Dorothy Gohn, said she was sleeping about 1 a.m. Friday when a heavy thud woke her up. She saw a hole in her ceiling and found a piece of metal with teeth like a gear about 2 feet from the foot of her bed. "I went to pick it up and it was really hot. You couldn't touch it. So I left it and when I finally picked it up, it had burned through my carpet, all the way to the floor," Gohn said.

We can expect even more of these incidents because of crony curses like this:

source FEMA Deputy During Katrina Now at NASA Second-Ranking FEMA Official During Katrina Disaster Hired by NASA As Senior Adviser WASHINGTON Jan 12, 2007 (AP)— The second-in-command for the Federal Emergency Management Agency during its much-criticized response to Hurricane Katrina started a senior job at NASA this week. Patrick Rhode, who was chief of staff and deputy director of FEMA under Michael Brown, was hired as a senior adviser to NASA Administrator Michael Griffin on communications issues, NASA spokesman David Mould said. The hiring of Rhode, a former television reporter who was an advance man for the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign, was made by the White House and Griffin together, Mould said. Rhode's name emerged in an embarrassing e-mail exchange between him and Brown just hours after Katrina struck New Orleans. When asked if he was available for a phone call, Brown said he was "sitting in the chair, putting mousse in my hair," and Rhode chimed in, "Me too!" The communication occurred early on the morning of on Aug. 29, 2005. Disaster management professionals faulted the way the two men ran FEMA during Katrina and wondered how that qualified Rhode for NASA. <snip>

I dont remember this many screwups, so frequently.
Is it because there is no longer a union to ensure quality control?
Airline mechanics are overworked and underpaid?
WTF?

[spudnick]

It is just that these government organizations are completely incompetant.

[Jack]

It might be stretching it a bit to blame decaying orbits of space debris on any agency's administration. Plane parts coming off I'd suggest reflect poor maintenance protocols on the part of the airlines.
I agree Rhode's selection appears to be a political payback that could seriously damage NASA's reputation, but I don't think it accounts for stuff falling through people's ceilings. That's gravity.

[gr8fuldaniel]

Its just stunning.

Two of the incidents were aviation. Happening within 2 weeks of each other.

One was an asteroid (?)chunk, at least thats what they are saying. The police are claiming the asteroid is property of the constable (?). I would think if an asteroid crashed through my roof that it would belong to me. There have also been other recent debris showers.

It just seemed odd, all these things crashing from space. I am nearly 50 years old now. I dont remember airplne parts crashing to earth without explanation. How the hell does an entire door snap off of a plane? Arent they hooked up with hydraulic arms, strog hinges and a lock? When that was reported the sacramento Police were laughing about it. It almost hit this guys house. It could have killed his family. It only slightly damaged his fence.

The NASA deal was an administrative, controllable blunder. That guy was a friend of Brownies, who was a (boy) friend of dubyas dorm mate. People are being put in charge of NASA who have the presidents ear because they have dirt on the president. What was bush doing in the dorms? We know bushs favorite movie is Star Troopers and that he lives in his own little "reality".

Something tells me this guy:

When asked if he was available for a phone call, Brown said he was "sitting in the chair, putting mousse in my hair," and Rhode chimed in, "Me too!"

...is no rocket scientist.