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Chinese Space Station Tiangong-1 Expected to Crash in the Next 24 Hours
Space.com ^
| Apr. 1 , 2018
| Elizabeth Howell
Posted on 04/01/2018 2:38:24 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
It's almost crash time for China's falling space station Tiangong-1. As school bus-sized space station began what should be its last day in orbit today (April 1), experts weighed in on the possibilities of space debris – and whether this situation should have happened in the first place.
Tiangong-1 is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere sometime between Sunday evening and early Monday, according to the European Space Agency. The latest forecast from the non-profit Aerospace Corp. pegged the space station crash at 8:30 p.m. EDT tonight (0030 GMT Monday, April 2), give or take 1.7 hours. But the time of the re-entry – along with the geographic area – is still highly volatile as Tiangong-1 continues its descent.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; satellite; tiangong; tiangong1
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To: LeoWindhorse
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posted on
04/01/2018 2:39:02 PM PDT
by
LeoWindhorse
(America First !)
To: LeoWindhorse
And it will do it again an hour later.
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posted on
04/01/2018 2:40:53 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(When words can mean anything, they can also mean nothing.)
To: LeoWindhorse
Maybe some fireworks tonight??
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posted on
04/01/2018 2:43:32 PM PDT
by
refermech
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
LOL - Everyone should prepare like Hillary!
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posted on
04/01/2018 2:46:09 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: refermech
Looks like the Pacific Ocean
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posted on
04/01/2018 2:48:02 PM PDT
by
LeoWindhorse
(America First !)
To: LeoWindhorse
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posted on
04/01/2018 2:50:38 PM PDT
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: LeoWindhorse
Hillary looks like the Michelin tire ad guy to me.
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posted on
04/01/2018 2:52:01 PM PDT
by
encm(ss)
(Diesel Boats Forever!)
To: refermech
Does sound like it will skid mark the night sky. Odds are still that it will come down over water.
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posted on
04/01/2018 2:52:06 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(When words can mean anything, they can also mean nothing.)
To: mrsmith
Weird. Looks just like a school bus. :)
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posted on
04/01/2018 2:53:18 PM PDT
by
dhs12345
To: dhs12345
yeah, I don’t understand why the Chinese would go to all that trouble to put a school bus in space!
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posted on
04/01/2018 2:58:49 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
To: Enchante
Didn’t whatshisname put a [stripped] Tesla on a rocket to the Moon?
To: Enchante
yeah, I don’t understand why the Chinese would go to all that trouble to put a school bus in space! Yeah...and if it deploys the red warning signal...the Tesla Roadster will have to stop.
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posted on
04/01/2018 3:10:04 PM PDT
by
spokeshave2
(Formerly as spokeshave...now restarted after computer issues.)
To: SaveFerris
She’s only wearing one layer of bubble wrap!
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posted on
04/01/2018 3:10:18 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen)
To: LeoWindhorse
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posted on
04/01/2018 3:11:53 PM PDT
by
WildHighlander57
((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
To: LeoWindhorse
I’ll take 8:00 PM CST (9:00 PM EDT).
Atlantic ocean.
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posted on
04/01/2018 3:23:39 PM PDT
by
2111USMC
(Aim Small Miss Small)
To: LeoWindhorse
Is there any line that a piece of the Chicom station hitting Michael Moore’s house in MI?
5.56mm
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posted on
04/01/2018 3:27:32 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
To: COBOL2Java
It was nice of her to volunteer to be the kid’s Bounce House.
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posted on
04/01/2018 3:27:44 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: LeoWindhorse
Guess we will chance it and sleep upstairs tonight.
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posted on
04/01/2018 3:32:18 PM PDT
by
caseinpoint
(Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
To: Enchante
Surplus hardware no doubt.
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04/01/2018 3:37:00 PM PDT
by
dhs12345
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