Could out of control Chinese space station hit a major city? Experts draw up danger zone...

Daily Mail UK ^ | http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5065253/China-s-space-station-crash-Earth-4-months.ht | Shivali Best

[BenLurkin]

The European Space Agency (ESA) predicts that the 8.5-tonne spacecraft will make an 'uncontrolled re-entry' to our planet between January and March 2018. While a precise landing location remains unclear, ESA has provided the latitudes between which Tiangong-1 is likely to land – and countries at risk include Spain, Italy, Turkey, India and parts of the US.

While most of the space station will break up, parts of flaming debris could land on Earth, experts claim. 

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The craft is now at about 300 kilometres (186 miles) altitude in an orbit that is expected to decay sometime between January and March 2018, when it will make an uncontrolled re-entry.

Holger Krag, head of ESA's Space Debris Office, said: 'Owing to the geometry of the station's orbit, we can already exclude the possibility that any fragments will fall over any spot further north than 43°N or further south than 43°S.

[Political Junkie Too]

So you think he might not hear it? ;-)

-PJ

[al baby]

UCLA Pauley Pavaillion !!!

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

Mine goes to 11. Double stacked Polk 7B’s on top of 10A’s. Independently driven by 200 watt onkyo and yamaha amps. 118 db at one yard. Measured it.

My double stacked Mach II’s were louder. Make your gut wrench louder. 121 Db. Thunder clap at close range loud.

[bunkerhill7]

Confucius say bird that fall from sky is Peking [you`d better] Duck!

[pingman]

Whew! Portland, ME is at 43.6N, safely out of the danger zone!

[GOPJ]

I’m guessing ‘in the ocean’...

[teeman8r]

that would be wishful thinking

but we can hope.

[Red Badger]

The expansion of the Earth’s atmosphere on day side vs the night side, the angle of space station as it tumbles and the point of break-up, just for starters.

They’ll know where it’s gonna hit about ten minutes before it hits...............

[Calvin Locke]

I’m ~44.5N

[Red Badger]

What if it does actually hit somebody’s house and destroys it?

Will the Chinese pay for the damages?

Will homeowner’s insurance refuse to pay because it wasn’t in their policy?....................

[Red Badger]

[Calvin Locke]

Ya know, Madagascar might not be a bad location if the plague doesn’t abate by next quarter.

[Political Junkie Too]

It sounds like you could blow that space station back into orbit!

-PJ

[Red Badger]

Never visit a place where they dig up their dead relatives and dance with their corpses......................

[Stormdog]

“Never visit a place where they dig up their dead relatives and dance with their corpses”

Especially if they try to lead

[mountn man]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLoNQNK376E

[Calvin Locke]

I think the place to avoid is where they dig up dead relatives for ceremonial feasting.

[Henchster]

Henchster approved "landing pads" in the danger zone:

Mecca
Beijing
Pyongyang
Tehran

...and the number 1 target is:

Congress in joint session.

[cyclotic]

Time to get the old Skylab helmet out

[Calvin Locke]

Reminds me of the tinfoil hats for sale at the time. “What are the odds of it hitting someone wearing a tinfoil hat?”