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is getting sued for dropping a piece of
space trash on a family's home in Florida.

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Earlier this year, a 2 pound
cylinder shaped object crashed

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through the roof of a house in Florida,
creating a hole in the ceiling

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and the floor that coincided
with the reentry of a massive pallet

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of old batteries that was tossed
from the International Space Station,

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which plummeted its way

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through the atmosphere
on the same day over the Gulf of Mexico.

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In March 2021, NASA tossed a nearly £6,000
cargo pallet containing nine batteries,

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making it the heaviest piece of trash
that's ever been thrown out from the ISS.

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The pilot was then left to tumble its way
towards Earth in an uncontrolled reentry

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and finally made its way down
on March 8th.

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A small fragment from the flight support
equipment used to mount the batteries

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onto the pallets survived reentry
and ended up in a Florida family's home.

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The family reported the incident and NASA
retrieved the object for analysis,

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confirming that it was, in fact,
the space agency's trash.

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Now, the family's suing Nassau
for property damage and emotional

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and mental anguish.

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I mean, I get it. Get that money.

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Now, keep in mind,
this is a rare case of space debris

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surviving reentry and landing on someone's
personal property.

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But it is telling of the times
as more spacecraft, rockets, satellites

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and even batteries
make their way to low earth

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orbit and eventually have
to make their way back down