IN AMERICA, YOU VISIT SPACE STATION. In Communist China, SPACE STATION VISITS YOU!
Posted on 05/04/2021 8:23:35 AM PDT by Rummyfan
Part of a huge rocket that launched China’s first module for its Tianhe space station is falling back to Earth and could make an uncontrolled re-entry at an unknown landing point.
The 30-metre high core of the Long March 5B rocket launched the “Heavenly Harmony” unmanned core module into low Earth orbit on 29 April from Wenchang in China’s Hainan province.
The Long March 5B then itself entered a temporary orbit, setting the stage for one of the largest ever uncontrolled re-entries. Some experts fear it could land on an inhabited area.
China launches first module of new space station Read more “It’s potentially not good,” said Jonathan McDowell, Astrophysicist at the Astrophysics Center at Harvard University.
“Last time they launched a Long March 5B rocket they ended up with big long rods of metal flying through the sky and damaging several buildings in the Ivory Coast,” he said.
“Most of it burned up, but there were these enormous pieces of metal that hit the ground. We are very lucky no one was hurt.”
On Tuesday the core was orbiting Earth around every 90 minutes at about 27,600km/h and an altitude of more than 300km. The US military has named it 2021-035B and its path can be seen on websites including orbit.ing-now.com.
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IN AMERICA, YOU VISIT SPACE STATION. In Communist China, SPACE STATION VISITS YOU!
Wonder if the Russians would be so inclined to cozy up the Chi-coms if that booster rocket landed in Moscow.
It will survive in thousands of mostly intact pieces.
Mecca?
And you don’t think NASA knows where this is going ?
Of course they do. Public again be kept in the dark.
I’d kick-in $5 if it hits Filthadelphia.
It’s not “out of control”. It’s simply obeying Newton. If it falls on a major city in China the CCP won’t care. They don’t enter such things into their calculations at all.
The last one hit a city in Africa causing damage.
But the media did not make a big deal out of it.
This one will be the same. The media will cover for their Chinese masters.
The Chinese have never cared about waste or pollution. That’s a western concern.
And you don’t think NASA knows where this is going ?
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To many variables to predict its landing once it de-orbits, hits the earth atmosphere in an uncontrolled manner, and begins to burn up.
On the plus side, there is a a 70% chance it won’t hit anything, because 70% of the Earth is covered with water.
RE: Mecca?
I first thought DC when all the vaunted and revered Dem comrades assemble to praise the Dear Leader Biden, all in one place at the same time. Such tragedy. Such pathos.
But... but... my boat...
“The last one hit a city in Africa causing damage.”
interesting. How were they able to determine that it damaged something?
Airline pilots keeping eyes wide open.
Twould be terrible if it fell on a certain house in Chappaqua
I'm sort of north of NYC so I guess the liklihood of dying from this long march is slim.
> But... but... my boat...
Nobody cares about your boat. But the whales!! SAVE THE WHALES!!!
If that CCP spacecraft de-orbits near your Boston Whaler, I'd complain to the Harbor Master.
Experts fear? I want facts from experts not emotions. We have plenty of things to be scared about without experts coming up with more. If they are so smart they should have an approximate location of where it will crash rather than some vague fear. We have been ruled by fear for 5 years.
Chinese quality.
And now we’re supposed to trust them putting 13,000 internet satellites in orbit with nothing going wrong??
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