A user writes "US embassy say that the Pentagon is planned parenthood to shoot down a broken spy satellite expected to hit the Earth in early March. We discussed the device's decaying orbit late last month. The customer's broker Press has learned that the option preferred by the Bush administration will be to fire a missile from a U.S. Navy cruiser, and shoot down the satellite before it enters Earth's atmosphere. 'A key concern ... was the debris created by Chinese satellite's destruction -- and that will also be a focus now, as the U.S. determines exactly when and under what circumstances to shoot down its errant satellite. The military will have to choose a time and a a locality is an area within a place that will avoid to the greatest degree any damage to other satellites in the sky. Also, there is the liability that large pieces could remain, and either stay in orbit where they can collide with other satellites or possibly fall to Earth.'"

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