RUSSIA PROBABLY ISN'T CAPABLE of shooting down its wayward spacecraft with tons of toxic chemicals inside that may soon crash to Earth.

The $163 million Phobos-Grunt, made by Moscow-based NPO Lavochkin, got stuck in low-Earth orbit after its Nov. 9 launch. It may crash within weeks if scientists are unable to establish contact and activate its propulsion systems. The window to send the spacecraft to a Martian moon, its destination, ends today, state news agency RIA Novosti reported.

I wonder if they'll ask the U.S. or China, both of whom have successfully intercepted satellites, to attempt to destroy it.