Artificial Meteor Showers Are the Atmospheric Spectacles No One Asked For

Gizmodo ---------- Thursday morning, an Epsilon-4 rocket will blast off from the JAXA Uchinoura Space Center in Japan. Onboard is a satellite capable of generating artificial meteor showers by dropping tiny pellets from orbit. The resulting light show should produce streaks brighter than natural shooting stars—but will anyone even care? To learn more click on the picture below to read the article.