US to Shoot Down Own Spy Apparatus Due to Safety Concerns

The United States Government is planning to shoot down it's own malfunctioning spy satellite in the next couple of days by firing a missile from a navy ship located somewhere in the north Pacific. The stated goal of the mission is to destroy one thousand pounds of a poisonous gas on board the satellite that officials say could injure and kill people on the ground when the object falls to earth. But critics of the plan are questioning the official story, and worry if this event is an escalation of the militarization of space. Eric Klein has more: