http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/fallingrocket/ en-us Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:19:13 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992753/posts BARNAUL, Russia (Reuters) - A shepherd is suing Russia's space agency for compensation after he said a 10-foot-long chunk of metal from a space rocket fell into his yard, just missing his outdoor toilet. Boris Urmatov, who is asking for 1 million roubles ($42,000) from the Roskosmos agency, lives in a small village that lies underneath the flight path of rockets taking off from the Baikonur launchpad Russia leases in nearby Kazakhstan. "Something woke him up in the night, like something exploded. Since he's visually handicapped he didn't notice the fallen rocket parts," Urmatov's sister Marina told Reuters from the... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992753/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:19:13 GMT