There is a falling man made satellite. http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/02/19/satellite.shootdown/index.html#cnnSTCText - - - - [Here is an EXCERPT from the website for you] - - - - WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Navy team including some 200 industry experts and scientists has been working furiously since January to modify the Aegis air-defense missile system so it can shoot down a failed satellite officials say could fall to Earth, a Pentagon official told CNN. A Delta II rocket lifts off in December, carrying a reconnaissance satellite that failed hours later. The Pentagon said the U.S. Navy plans to try to shoot down a faulty spy satellite with a modified anti-missile missile on Wednesday. It would be the first such maneuver in more than two decades -- and the first ever using sea-based missiles. Without any intervention, officials believe the 5,000-pound secret spy satellite would fall to Earth on its own in early March. Because it malfunctioned immediately after it was launched in December 2006, it has a full tank -- about 1,000 pounds -- of frozen, toxic hydrazine propellant on board. Authorities said the fuel tank probably would survive re-entry and could disperse harmful or even potentially deadly fumes over an area the size of two football fields. Hydrazine is similar to chlorine or ammonia in that it affects the lungs and breathing tissue. Pentagon sources said the Navy is attempting to take its first shot about 10:30 p.m. ET, or 5:30 p.m. Hawaii time. A formal notice was issued earlier this week, warning ships and planes to stay clear of a large area of the Pacific Ocean west of Hawaii. The window covered by the "Notice to Airmen" begins about 9:30 p.m. ET Wednesday (4:30 p.m. Hawaii time) and lasts for 2½ hours. Don't Miss • Shooting down spy satellite to cost up to $60 million • Shooting down satellite doesn't worry space crew Among the team's challenges was modifying the sensors designed to detect the heat from an incoming warhead because the satellite will be much cooler. Selected for the mission is the Aegis-equipped cruiser USS Lake Erie, which is fully equipped with sea-based missile defense systems, and has long been the Navy's primary ship for the sea-based missile defense program, officials said. The Lake Erie will be joined in the Pacific by two destroyers, the USS Decatur and the USS Russell. The Lake Erie will fire the missile, the Decatur will feed trajectory information to the Erie, and the Russell will be the Decatur's backup, authorities have said. .............................................................................................................. .............................Falling Satellite........................................................................ ................................................................................................................................

no, if it's comming...it's comming! there is nothing you can you do about it? ignorance is bliss.

No..it is beyond my control. :)

I have had people say things that scare me a little and I have seen things that flip me out some, but I get over it pretty fast. It is hard to live if you are scared :)

I'm not afraid, but I do find it interesting. With the earth being 75% water and the satellite is not large enough to trigger a tidal wave I feel pretty safe. I think there could be several reasons why the US wants to attemp to shoot it down and I am pretty sure all those reasons are classified information. The official reason(s) released to the public are probably just issued as reassurance to the public.