Space junk is plummeting toward Earth

We know that at least one person has been beaten by space junk. Her name is Lottie Williams was hit by a piece of a Delta II rocket that fell to earth in 1997.

His encounter with space debris that occurred in a park in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was walking with friends at night, admiring the fireball that streaked across the sky. Shortly afterwards, he felt a tap on the shoulder and heard something hit the ground behind her.

That "something" was a small piece of cloth and metal that weighed as much as an empty can. The analysis by several independent laboratories confirmed that a rocket had been falling. It must have been his lucky day, as the risk of being beaten by space junk is 1 in 3,200.