Falling Chinese Space Station May Hit Michigan

Common Sense Evaluation ^

[gaggs]

Experts say lower Michigan falls among one of the areas with the highest probability where free-falling 8.5-ton Chinese space station will crash into Earth

Scientists have an idea where and when China's free-falling 8.5-ton space station will crash into Earth. In a report by the Aerospace Corporation, Tiangong-1 is predicted to reenter the Earth’s atmosphere on or about April 3, 2018. They identified specific regions on Earth where debris from the space station could fall. A portion of lower Michigan is included on the northern "yellow band" region, which has a "higher probability" of encountering debris from the Chinese spacecraft.

From Aerospace Corporation:

There is a chance that a small amount of Tiangong-1 debris may survive reentry and impact the ground. Should this happen, any surviving debris would fall within a region that is a few hundred kilometers in size and centered along a point on the Earth that the station passes over. The map below shows the relative probabilities of debris landing within a given region. Yellow indicates locations that have a higher probability while green indicates areas of lower probability. Blue areas have zero probability of debris reentry since Tiangong-1 does not fly over these areas (north of 42.7° N latitude or south of 42.7° S latitude). These zero probability areas constitute about a third of the total Earth’s surface area.

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[Diogenesis]

There are many other states at risk.

[albie]

Deerbornistan?

[NorthMountain]

The yellow colored bands indicate the areas where reentry is most probable.

[Little Pig]

The author must be from Michigan. Also inside the “yellow band” region are the cities of Portland OR, Boise, Chicago, New York, Boston, Lisbon, Madrid, Rome, Istanbul, and Beijing (irony). And that’s just the northern hemisphere.

[I want the USA back]

Hoping it hits CA and knocks it off the continent, and into the ocean.

[Fido969]

Panic in Detriot!

[Darteaus94025]

Be a shame if it hit the controversial site of a proposed Chicongo library...

[a fool in paradise]

If it does, they will probably treat it as a sign from the heavens, wall it off from the infidel, and march around it.

[chrisser]

Looks to me like pieces falling into the ocean are more likely than hitting land anywhere.

[Loud Mime]

I hope for Sohae launch site in North Korea.

[COBOL2Java]

Hoping it hits CA and knocks it off the continent, and into the ocean.

You want to say Bye Bye to Free Republic?

[Chengdu54]

Michigan put in bids for this

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Portland OR isn’t in the yellow band.

[NorthMountain]

pieces falling into the ocean are more likely

Yep. Most of the yellow bands (and by a larger margin, most of the green zone) are over water.

[FrdmLvr]

The “mitt” will catch it, I guess.

[eartick]

The sky is falling!!!! The sky is falling!!!

Quick subsidize it.....

[Berosus]

Are the Chinese aiming at Michael Moore?

[Delta 21]

Hopefully it has a few tons of hydrozine left so we can spot the remains by the massive explosion.

[RegulatorCountry]

Maybe it’ll hit Detroit and save the trouble of razing all those abandoned houses that nobody will buy because of the back taxes owed on them.