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‘Out-of-control’ Chinese rocket falling to Earth could partially survive re-entry
The Guardian ^ | 3 May 2021 | Staff

Posted on 05/04/2021 8:23:35 AM PDT by Rummyfan

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To: Reno89519
Mecca?

That would be nice!

21 posted on 05/04/2021 9:39:32 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: xp38
Based on its current orbit the rocket is passing over Earth as far north as New York, Madrid and Beijing and as far south as southern Chile and Wellington...

I'm not sure of the technical term, but that seems an extremely erratic orbit.

22 posted on 05/04/2021 9:41:45 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: Rummyfan

Without even doing any arithmetic, every thinking person should have an instinctive feel for the size of this thing compared to the size of the earth AND taking into account the size of the oceans and other uninhabited areas. Anybody who worries about this is a short-bus-riding idiot with the intellectual capacity of a dead slug.


23 posted on 05/04/2021 9:42:35 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: Rummyfan

😆lol


24 posted on 05/04/2021 9:59:15 AM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

You obviously have no idea of how my luck has been running lately.


25 posted on 05/04/2021 10:04:06 AM PDT by tsomer (g)
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To: George from New England

It’s tumbling and traveling 28,000 kph, and speeding up at an irregular rate as it falls.

There is no way to predict where it’s going to land at this point. Sometime this weekend that should change.


26 posted on 05/04/2021 11:31:54 AM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: tsomer

You sound like the hockey goalie who couldn’t making a save ... everything kept getting by him, and finally he was released by the team. In a depressed state he stepped out onto a highway, directly in front of an oncoming truck ... at which point the truck went right between his legs.


27 posted on 05/04/2021 11:43:23 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: frank ballenger

This is prime time for Trade Winds blowing towards the west over the pacific. Lots of sailboat traffic headed to the islands in and around Polynesia.


28 posted on 05/04/2021 11:47:46 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Rummyfan

it’s a bird...

it’s a plane...

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29 posted on 05/04/2021 11:51:37 AM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value as well as making people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: Rummyfan

China probably stored all the wuhan bio weapon virus in the rocket banking on it completely burning up on re-entry./s


30 posted on 05/04/2021 12:02:32 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: Rummyfan

No further North than New York.

I’m good.


31 posted on 05/04/2021 12:05:17 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice)
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To: Seruzawa
If it falls on a major city in China the CCP won’t care.

They won't care even if it falls on any other major city in the world.

32 posted on 05/04/2021 12:07:50 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

Lol. It gets worse. I remember when people were afraid that the Schumaker-Levy comet would cause catastrophes on Earth because it was going to hit Jupiter. No shyt. Some people actually believed that.

Suckers will buy anything.


33 posted on 05/04/2021 12:12:49 PM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

That’s a tall-tale if I ever heard one!


34 posted on 05/04/2021 12:29:44 PM PDT by tsomer (g)
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To: Rummyfan

LOL! A new vector for a new virus!


35 posted on 05/04/2021 1:34:36 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: absalom01

“It’s tumbling and traveling 28,000 kph, and speeding up at an irregular rate as it falls.”

Sorta like a bottle rocket!


36 posted on 05/04/2021 1:36:52 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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