NASA is being sued by a man whose house was damaged by a piece of space junk that came from the International Space Station.
NASA is being sued by a man whose house was damaged by a piece of space junk that came from the International Space Station .
Recommended Videos ISS hardware dumps like this one would ordinarily have burned up in Earth’s atmosphere, but on this occasion it didn’t happen. Instead, a chunk of the debris survived reentry and crashed through the roof of a house belonging to Alejandro Otero in Naples, Florida. Otero’s son was at home at the time of the incident but escaped injury.
“My clients are seeking adequate compensation to account for the stress and impact that this event had on their lives,” Worthy said. “They are grateful that no one sustained physical injuries from this incident, but a ‘near miss’ situation such as this could have been catastrophic. If the debris had hit a few feet in another direction, there could have been serious injury or a fatality.”
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