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China's Tiangong-1 Space Station Will Crash to Earth in the Next Few Months
Gizmodo ^
| 15 Oct, 2017
| Tom McKay
Posted on 10/18/2017 7:11:18 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Chinas 8.5-ton Tiangong-1 space station, originally launched in 2011, has seen its orbit rapidly decay and is now expected to hit the Earth in the next few months, the Guardian reported.
Chinese officials told the UN in 2016 they had lost the ability to correct the stations altitude and expected it to plummet to the ground between October 2017 and April 2018. But Harvard University astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell told the Guardian it now is entering the atmosphere at an even more accelerated timetable, and will probably see its demise in the earlier part of that range.
Now that [its] perigee is below 300 kilometers [186 miles] and it is in denser atmosphere, the rate of decay is getting higher, McDowell said. I expect it will come down a few months from nowlate 2017 or early 2018.
He added there is a small chance chunks of the station weighing up to 220 pounds (100 kilograms) could remain intact and hit the ground at high speed.
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: chinaspacestation; spacejunk
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To: MtnClimber
That did not stay up very long!
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10/18/2017 7:11:51 AM PDT
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MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
I remember them spraying down a tower with Skylab Repellent
It must have worked! (that’s science!)
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10/18/2017 7:14:37 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF REPEALING OBAMACARE THAT IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF***)
To: MtnClimber
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10/18/2017 7:15:10 AM PDT
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rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: Mr. K
Lol. They should have sent some guy up with some stain and a paintbrush and a ladder.
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10/18/2017 7:16:48 AM PDT
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dp0622
(The Left should know that if Trump isouokt of office, it is WAR!)
To: MtnClimber
It was only planned to be used for 2 years.
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10/18/2017 7:16:56 AM PDT
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sipow
To: MtnClimber
Maybe a piece will land on Hillary.
If you get why I post this image then we were fans of the same show :-)
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10/18/2017 7:17:18 AM PDT
by
Bobalu
(The NFL, Watching their demise is more fun than watching their games.)
To: MtnClimber
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10/18/2017 7:17:55 AM PDT
by
Darteaus94025
(Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
To: MtnClimber
That’s the problem with Chinese satellites, 5 years later you want to put up another one.
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10/18/2017 7:17:56 AM PDT
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dblshot
(I am John Galt.)
To: Bobalu
Beat me to posting it. 8~)
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10/18/2017 7:18:37 AM PDT
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real saxophonist
( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
To: Bobalu
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10/18/2017 7:19:15 AM PDT
by
glock rocks
(... so much win!)
To: MtnClimber
I hope Sandra Bullock gets out in time!
To: Bobalu
“I have to make a sissy”.
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10/18/2017 7:22:02 AM PDT
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Wolfie
To: MtnClimber
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10/18/2017 7:24:52 AM PDT
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onedoug
To: MtnClimber
That did not stay up very long!
You launch a Chinese space station and 30 months later you want to launch another one.
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10/18/2017 7:26:46 AM PDT
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Know et al
( Keep on Freepin'!!!)
To: dblshot
You beat me by that much, dblshot. Good job!
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10/18/2017 7:28:30 AM PDT
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Know et al
( Keep on Freepin'!!!)
To: MtnClimber
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10/18/2017 7:37:36 AM PDT
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butlerweave
(it's the children are)
To: MtnClimber
Please hit the San Andreas Fault! Please knock California into the ocean!
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10/18/2017 8:18:08 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Lying Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
To: MtnClimber
“Screw those Commie bastards and screw their little wussy space station!”
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10/18/2017 8:20:26 AM PDT
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dfwgator
To: MtnClimber
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10/18/2017 8:30:19 AM PDT
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texas booster
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