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Chinese space junk narrowly missed hitting New York City, report says
Fox News ^
| 05/12/2020
| Michael Ruiz
Posted on 05/12/2020 10:33:52 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Space junk from a new Chinese rocket narrowly missed dropping down on New York City Monday night, according to a report, largely burning up in the atmosphere before some of the debris survived long enough to slam into West Africa.
The doomed core passed right over New York City, Ars reported -- and if re-entry had been just a few minutes earlier, debris could reportedly have showered the Big Apple.
Instead, at least part of it fell on a town in Cote d’Ivoire, Quartz reported.
McDowell on Twitter said he could “conclude” that the objects that fell on Cote d’Ivoire “are very likely parts of the Chinese rocket stage.”
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: chinese; narrowly; newyorkcity; spacejunk
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To: noiseman; mass55th; absalom01
Gates wants to get rid of a billion people. Population of China? 1.4 billion.
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posted on
05/12/2020 11:57:58 PM PDT
by
Pollard
(whatever)
To: BenLurkin
Would anyone have noticed?
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posted on
05/12/2020 11:58:57 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: Pollard
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posted on
05/13/2020 12:00:31 AM PDT
by
absalom01
(You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
To: BenLurkin
Ivory Coast and NYC are at least a few miles apart. What is narrowly missed mean?
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posted on
05/13/2020 12:05:20 AM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(BigEdLB, Russian BOT, At your service)
To: All
Well something that orbits the earth in 90 minutes or two hours will miss by thousands of miles if its re-entry is delayed or advanced by ten minutes, that’s what the article is really saying.
I guess we could call this Chinese space junk.
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posted on
05/13/2020 12:08:04 AM PDT
by
Peter ODonnell
(Pray for health, economic recovery, and justice.)
To: Pollard
LOL!! Thanks for the laugh as I head off to bed.
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posted on
05/13/2020 12:09:29 AM PDT
by
mass55th
("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
To: FreeReign
To: BenLurkin
A miss is as good as three thousand miles. What a stupid headline.
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posted on
05/13/2020 3:37:41 AM PDT
by
raybbr
(The left is a poison on society. There is no antidote. Running its course will be painful. You)
To: BenLurkin
Where that Jerry Seinfeld “That’s a Shame” meme?
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posted on
05/13/2020 3:45:39 AM PDT
by
Tallguy
(Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!))
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/13/2020 3:48:05 AM PDT
by
CopperTop
(Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
To: dayglored
But most news readers don’t like math and don’t know physics or geography, and are ignorant sheeple and easily impressed and frightened.
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posted on
05/13/2020 4:13:43 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: BenLurkin
Don’t worry, their missiles WILL hit NYC if launched. As to whether that’s a bad thing - different topic.
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posted on
05/13/2020 5:23:52 AM PDT
by
BobL
To: proud American in Canada
They are a third world country trying to be a superpower.
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posted on
05/13/2020 5:43:35 AM PDT
by
jmcenanly
("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
To: absalom01
Hehe..From the country the has been at war for the 225 out of the last 242 years . The now USSA . Nuke all the US politicians and CEOs and etc...that have been bought by China ! I’d go for that .
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posted on
05/13/2020 5:54:11 AM PDT
by
sushiman
(i)
To: BenLurkin
> narrowly missed dropping down on New York City Monday night, according to a report, largely burning up in the atmosphere before some of the debris survived long enough to slam into West Africa.
is NY that close to West Africa?
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posted on
05/13/2020 5:56:37 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
To: BenLurkin
New York City, West Africa?
WOW! That was CLOSE!
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posted on
05/13/2020 7:38:09 AM PDT
by
faucetman
(Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
To: faucetman
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posted on
05/13/2020 8:07:50 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: noiseman
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