Lottie Williams Hit by Space Debris

Hummm, i missed this one back in 1997. Lottie Williams, first human on
record to be hit by space debris.

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news...spacejunk.html

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Rocket shard hits woman

So far no one has ever been hurt by incoming space junk — not even
Lottie Williams of Turley, Okla., who was strolling in a park in 1997 when
she was struck on the shoulder by a charred 6-inch fragment of a Delta
rocket launched a year earlier. She was uninjured. end quote

For a picture of Lottie Williams and the debris:

http://www.aero.org/capabilities/cords/faq8.html

and

http://www.eclipsetours.com/sat/debris.html

and

http://www.tecsoc.org/pubs/history/2002/jan22.htm

and

http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/pass/TargetEarth/

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January 22, 1997-- Very early on the morning of January 22, 1997, Lottie
Williams, a resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was walking for exercise in a
park near her home. She saw a "big bright light, like a fire" in the sky.
"It was coming over the park and as it approached us it got bigger. All
the colors that you see that come from fire, all those colors were
there." A few minutes later, Williams felt a gentle tap on her shoulder.
On the ground, she found a light piece of charred metal, about the size
of her hand. After some investigation, Williams confirmed that the metal
fragment came from a rocket that had been used to put a satellite into
orbit for the U.S. Air Force in 1996.
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or

http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/s...or_010322.html

Oops, Well, I guess it isn't news anymore.

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