Quote Originally Posted by Speed
I read about the collision in space. But that was a Russian military communications satelite and an American communications satelite that collided in space.

The fireball seen in Austin was determined to be a meteor. Earth's atmosphere gets hit by about 10 large meteors (one meter or larger) every year. These are very bright and usually explode, and hence are known as fireballs. Most of these hit over the oceans or at night when folks are sleeping and are never seen. In the past four months, there have been three or four that have been seen, including the one in Austin which was seen during the day. That is very unusual, but it has happened before.

However, since the Russian and American satelites collided, every bright meteor or fireball seen is suspected to be pieces of debris from the collision. Some of those pieces may eventually re-enter the atmosphere, but right now they are scattered about in orbit from about 300 miles up to 800 miles up.
Hey, I thought we were talking "conspiracy theory" here?! Why are you trying to be so logical? I mean, come on, "spent Russian Satellite?" Really? :skep: That could be just about anything.