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Scientists Narrow Down When China's Falling Space Station Will Burn Up in the Atmosphere
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| Mar 20, 2018
| By Avery Thompson
Posted on 03/20/2018 12:50:08 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
Somewhere between the North Pole and South Pole.
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posted on
03/20/2018 1:48:15 PM PDT
by
moovova
To: BenLurkin
"The station orbits the Earth several times per day" I read that it orbits every 91 minutes. They have in a 5 day window. It could happen anywhere.
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posted on
03/20/2018 1:49:17 PM PDT
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: BenLurkin
>March 31, plus or minus a few days.<
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How many days are in a ‘few days’?
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posted on
03/20/2018 1:50:42 PM PDT
by
353FMG
To: BenLurkin
“Heavenly Palace”. The latest in Chinese food delivery. Fast and hot right to your location.
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Not really. Lots of random factors, uncontrollable, involved in a descent through the atmosphere that aren’t present in the near vacuum between planets.
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posted on
03/20/2018 3:31:26 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
To: BenLurkin
Hope they didn’t stick a nuke in it before they left.
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posted on
03/20/2018 3:33:56 PM PDT
by
philetus
(Keep doing what you always do and you'll eventually get what you deserve)
To: BenLurkin
Just a few deadly biological viruses on board....no biggy.
Just kidding.
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posted on
03/20/2018 3:38:34 PM PDT
by
jetson
To: BenLurkin
",,,on the off chance that it comes down over your head. It wont hurt"
If it comes down over your head, it won't hurt??
I think it's more like, "you won't know what hit you".
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posted on
03/20/2018 4:11:41 PM PDT
by
adorno
To: BenLurkin; Ezekiel
",,,on the off chance that it comes down over your head. It wont hurt" The more things change, the more they remain the same...
What's that way?
Same group, different uniforms.
To: Reno89519
The thick metal will not completely burn up. But small pieces could be very hard to find, unless there is equipment that could track exact location.
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posted on
03/20/2018 5:48:53 PM PDT
by
TheNext
To: BenLurkin
Wouldn’t it be a kick if it landed in Kim Jong Un’s lap?
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posted on
03/20/2018 8:29:52 PM PDT
by
oldtech
To: moovova
No, just somewhere between 42 and 43 degrees latitude ... on some day, on or about 03/31/18, maybe or not.
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posted on
03/21/2018 3:08:11 AM PDT
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PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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