"Rook out berow!"
Posted on 09/21/2016 7:53:13 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The Tiangong-1 or "Heavenly Palace" laboratory was launched in 2011 as part of an ambitious Chinese plan to catch up with other space powers.
However, a senior space official has said the lab had "comprehensively fulfilled its historical mission".
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Speaking at a press conference last week, Wu Ping, deputy director of the manned space engineering office, said: "Based on our calculation and analysis, most parts of the space lab will burn up during falling."
She added that it was unlikely to affect aviation activities or cause damage to the ground.
But in comments reported by the Guardian newspaper, Dr Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at Harvard University, suggested China might have lost control of the station.
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"Not knowing when it's going to come down translates as not knowing where its going to come down."
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
most parts of the space lab will burn up during falling
So some parts are not made of Bamboo
"Rook out berow!"
Bang Ding Ow!
If that’s Columbia... poor taste dude.
That is Skylab
http://photobucket.com/images/skylab
Skylab?
What cost per pound was it to put it up there? They should just quit claim and let some one else boost it up for salvage.
Yeah sure. 110% success!!
That's why it's falling out of orbit after only 5-6 years.
The Chinese are often greater liars then even the clintons.
Is this a roundabout way of signalling Hillary’s coming flop?
LOL!
More of that Chinese superiority. They’re always better than us, this is proof.
Being an apt symbol of 0’s foreign policy, I hope if falls squarely on the White House.
And it’s tumbling out of control. But they’re far superior to us, the media tells us that everyday so it’s gotta be true.
Shoddy work is in Chinese culture. None of the things they build will last. You are luck if you can get one fifth of the normal useful life.
... and then the Chinese Space Station came down.
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