>>>I keep seeing this statistic being quoted about the odds of being hit by a bit of Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite as it re-enters.
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>>>1 in 3200
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>>>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/8775561/Nasa-satellite-to-fall-to-earth-on-Friday-showering-debris.html
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>>>I wonder how they work this out. My gut feeling is that the odds are much higher (less likely)
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>>I don't think they were referring to you personally :-}
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>I can see it now.
> I walk out of the newsagent with a winning lottery ticket in my pocket and I'm hit by the re-entering satellite

That's cheating... like when you know that the odds of there being a bomb on an airplane are, say, 1:10000, but for two independent bombs it goes into billions - so you carry your own.