Posted on 05/05/2021 7:03:57 PM PDT by Yong
The U.S. Space Command is tracking uncontrolled debris from a Chinese rocket that sent part of a planned space station into orbit last week, the White House said on May 5.
The debris comes from the Long March 5B rocket launched on April 29 to deliver a new 22.5-tonne module for China’s Tianhe space station. The debris has since reached orbital velocity, meaning it is circling the planet instead of falling back to Earth within a predetermined area as usually happens with the debris from U.S. launches.
Could land anywhere in the entire world except China.
Wow, it hit 3 gorges dam! How unlucky.
Probably more likely than me winning the mega jockpot.
The article wanted a sign-up so I skipped it and went looking for the latest article.
I found this on CNN:
The good news is that debris plunging toward Earth — while unnerving — generally poses very little threat to personal safety. As Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Astrophysics Center at Harvard University, told CNN: “This is not the end of days.”
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/05/politics/chinese-rocket-debris-space-earth-explainer-scn/index.html
There you have it.. if CNN is reporting that it’s *not* the “end of days”, it’s the “end of days.”
Insurance will probably call it an act of God and won’t cover it
It’s an act of Xi not God. It’d be too bad if this thing hit Beijing, right where that smug . . . person is that thinks Covid is funny.
sageburn wrote:
“A lot of it will burn up in re-entry. However, what does hit can really **** up someone’s house or backyard. I wonder if it possibe to get an homeowners insurance rider that covers **** from China.”
Good question !
Note to self:
Call insurance agent in morning and ask; lead-in with “ice from an airplane” first.
Insurance companies have “act of God” clauses. Meteors hitting your car in the driveway for example won’t be covered under the clause
Unless it falls on you personally.
Most insurance policies will cover falling objects.
*** Insurance will probably call it an act of God and won’t cover it ***
Great ad for an insurance company (if no one is killed) like the ones Farmer’s puts out for unusual claims.
That is good news. But I suppose it aways comes down to details. What is the defintion of “falling objects”?
Is it sinful to hope it lands on certain politicians?
That’s a good point I hadn’t considered. If the commercials are true, they actually might cover such a thing, given the oddball things they claim to have covered in the past
Ah, don’t worry the US government and White House are on the case.. /s
Forgive me, but I guess my thoughts are sinful then
But wouldn’t this be considered an “Act of China”?
It’s fine. It’s wearing a mask.
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