Remember the defunct research satellite that was supposed to hit earth this week? It crashed down to earth over the Pacific last night. In unrelated news, I will be taking off the bike helmet I wore all week.

"Everyone into the survival pods, quickly! We may be smashed and the pressure could blow! Space death and boiling blood is what we face!" These words or some version of them were likely spoken aboard the International Space Station yesterday around 8 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, when the astronauts there were *nearly* obliterated by speeding space debris.