Satellite Piece Crashes Through Man's Roof 121
PolygamousRanchKid writes "A Siberian resident miraculously escaped serious injury or even death when a fragment of a Russian communication satellite crashed through the roof of his house. A Meridian satellite that was launched Friday from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia on board a Soyuz-2 carrier rocket crashed near the Siberian city of Tobolsk minutes after lift-off. A titanium ball of about five kg fell on to the roof of a house in Ordyn district."
Does he get to keep it? (Score:4, Interesting)
So I read the article twice- are they going to fix his house for him? Does his insurance cover "terminal velocity" damages? I vote he gets to keep the 5kg titanium ball at least - a souvenir from the great russian space program :)
There is an important piece of information missing (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Clarification - fact checking (Score:2, Interesting)
If a 5kg sphere of titanium falling from a failed satellite launch hit this guy's roof yet failed to crash through it then apparently this guy lives in a heavily reinforced bunker.
Re:Does he get to keep it? (Score:5, Interesting)
My renters insurance and at least specifies that it covers damage from 'aircraft and spacecraft'.
So... possibly yes?