The crew of the international space station had a close call with a spent satellite engine in Earth orbit Thursday, forcing the crew to take shelter aboard its return capsule before the object passed harmlessly, NASA said.
cnn
Well, as George Carlin would say, "That was not a near miss. It was a near hit."
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