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Out-of-control Chinese space station 'will crash into Earth over weekend'
www.mirror.co.uk ^ | Updated11:05, 23 MAR 2018 | ByJeff ParsonsTech/Science reporter

Posted on 03/23/2018 6:44:11 AM PDT by Red Badger

The European Space Agency has revised its prediction for when free-falling Tiangong-1 will crash into Earth.

The out-of-control Chinese space station will crash down back to Earth over Easter weekend, experts have said.

According to the European Space Agency's Space Debris Office in Darmstadt, Germany, debris from Tiangong-1 will splash down between March 30 and April 2 across the northern hemisphere.

The space agency said these dates were "highly variable" and that it would be offering revised forecasts every couple of days.

"At no time will a precise time/location prediction from ESA be possible," it explained in a statement .

"This forecast was updated approximately weekly through to mid-March, and is now being updated every 1~2 days."

(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: aerospace; china; chinaspacestation; tiangong1
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To: Red Badger

Harbor freight special.


41 posted on 03/23/2018 7:26:57 AM PDT by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: Red Badger

Nary a peep on any news show.... Nothing but Stormy news.


42 posted on 03/23/2018 7:27:49 AM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
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To: Red Badger

Or we could nuke it from orbit.


43 posted on 03/23/2018 7:28:13 AM PDT by Crucial
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To: cyclotic

Mine too. Maybe my house will be featured next year in one of those Allstate commercials. “We covered it on March 24, 2018”.


44 posted on 03/23/2018 7:30:36 AM PDT by VietVet876
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To: VietVet876

Oops. State Farm. Not Allstate.


45 posted on 03/23/2018 7:31:32 AM PDT by VietVet876
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To: Red Badger
I hope I'm home if it crashes nearby. :^)

46 posted on 03/23/2018 7:32:32 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: WayneS

“Just be reminded, China, that any portion of it which lands on U.S. soil is subject to tariffs...”

LOL! :)


47 posted on 03/23/2018 7:32:58 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: DariusBane

Free with coupon!.....................


48 posted on 03/23/2018 7:34:12 AM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: Red Badger
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49 posted on 03/23/2018 7:34:45 AM PDT by BulletBobCo
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To: Red Badger

I know where I would like it to land. Do you?


50 posted on 03/23/2018 7:34:46 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is what I read in the papers.)
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To: Crucial

It’s the only way to be sure.


51 posted on 03/23/2018 7:35:02 AM PDT by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
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52 posted on 03/23/2018 7:35:04 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Paladin2

because the earth wobbles?


53 posted on 03/23/2018 7:36:18 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: VietVet876

Farmers Insurance.......we know a thing or two, because we’ve seen a thing or two.................


54 posted on 03/23/2018 7:36:19 AM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

I have several places in mind.......................


55 posted on 03/23/2018 7:37:27 AM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I hope I’m nearby if it crashes at home.....................


56 posted on 03/23/2018 7:39:42 AM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: Red Badger

My son works on a European Space Agency project at NASA.

I’m hoping for an inside track on when to look up...and duck


57 posted on 03/23/2018 7:40:41 AM PDT by cyclotic (Trump tweets are the only news source you can trust.)
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To: Red Badger

Pull...


58 posted on 03/23/2018 7:44:55 AM PDT by Bitman
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To: Red Badger

Explains why they are cutting back purchases of California wine!


59 posted on 03/23/2018 7:45:01 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist ( (Be Nice To Your Kids. They Will Pick Out Your Nursing Home))
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To: cyclotic

Anything radioactive on board ?


60 posted on 03/23/2018 7:47:27 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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