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Tiger815 · February 29th, 2008, 19:35

When the Columbia disintegrated and fell through a huge chunk of airspace all the FAA could do was to start re-routing every one they could all along the path of the shuttle flight.

Since that time they have developed tools and procedures that track the progress of the reentry and projects the airspace that would be affected if the shuttle came apart again.
Its time and altitude based, so the number of airplanes that could be affected is minimized.

I suspect they will use the same system if the debris from this sattelite is projected to fall into US airspace. Some good sized chunks of that thing are likey to make it to the ground and the FAA can't just count on the "Big Sky, Little Bullet" method.

February 29th, 2008, 19:35	#5
Tiger815 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Winchester, VA (OKV) Posts: 260	Re: Sky is Failing NOTAM When the Columbia disintegrated and fell through a huge chunk of airspace all the FAA could do was to start re-routing every one they could all along the path of the shuttle flight. Since that time they have developed tools and procedures that track the progress of the reentry and projects the airspace that would be affected if the shuttle came apart again. Its time and altitude based, so the number of airplanes that could be affected is minimized. I suspect they will use the same system if the debris from this sattelite is projected to fall into US airspace. Some good sized chunks of that thing are likey to make it to the ground and the FAA can't just count on the "Big Sky, Little Bullet" method.