The 0.7kg metal object tore through man's roof after re-entering Earth's atmosphere.
US space agency Nasa confirmed that an object that crashed into a home in Florida earlier this month was part of the International Space Station (ISS).
The metal object was jettisoned from the orbiting outpost in March 2021, Nasa said on Monday after analysing the sample at the Kennedy Space Center.
The 1.6lb (0.7kg) metal object tore through two layers of ceiling after re-entering Earth's atmosphere.
Homeowner Alejandro Otero said his son was nearly injured by the impact.
Nasa said the object was part of some 5,800lbs of hardware that was dumped by the station after it had new lithium-ion batteries installed.
"It almost hit my son. He was two rooms over and heard it all,"
I mean, relative to coming from space I guess it almost hit his son.
How does he feel about every car he drives past on a two lane road? "Oh shoot! Almost collided with that one too!"
I see your point, it is fucked and if I were him, I'd probably be just as outraged about the risk to my child.
Respectfully, I don't think that's how I would react emotionally/psychologically. I'm sure I'm not alone here. I'm a lucky guy, but what's the chance of space debris hitting my house twice at different times?
[UFO lore] The Colares Incident, where whatever it was, the people who were attacked and lived refused to smoke outside or wear certain colored clothes for the rest of their lives, for fear it attracted the suck suck.
You're right, that comparison is incongruent. And looking at it again, I can understand the dad's reaction. It just struck me as funny that he said "almost hit" and then that the kid was two rooms away.