Leave The Roof Up On The Convertible For The Next 15 Years

According to the Hubble Reentry Tracker, the Hubble Space Telescope's decaying orbit may have it reentering our atmosphere as early as 2029. The best-case scenario has it coming back to Earth around 2040. And by "coming back to Earth," I don't mean in a triumphant "let's throw it a parade" kind of way, but rather a "crackle, crackle, burn, burn"-type revisitation.

Those who want to poke at the data and learn more can check out the site. Speaking personally, trying to make sense of movement in space just had me longing for a game of Triplanetary . . .

-- Steven Marsh