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This Chinese space station
Posted on 3/30/18 at 7:35 am
Posted on 3/30/18 at 7:35 am
No real thoughts but looking at news events surrounding China. Interesting, coincindental,or nothing at all.
Remembering having heard that Michigan was a preliminary target for impact.
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The Chinese naval fleet 3 days ago in South China Sea
Remembering having heard that Michigan was a preliminary target for impact.
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Despite a consensus from experts around the world, China hasn't actually admitted that the spacecraft's descent is uncontrolled.
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Tiangong-1, which means 'heavenly palace' in Chinese, is carrying a highly toxic chemical called hydrazine.
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Out-of-control 9-TONNE Chinese space station to hit Earth on Easter
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The Chinese naval fleet 3 days ago in South China Sea
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Posted on 3/30/18 at 7:41 am to BestBanker
They should shoot it down with their hypersonic missiles
Posted on 3/30/18 at 7:51 am to BestBanker
Will FAA drone restrictions apply in this case? i.e., how close over my house am I legally okay to shoot down this piece of metal before supposedly doing damage?
You would think our government would take a little target practice of annihilating this piece of space junk.
You would think our government would take a little target practice of annihilating this piece of space junk.
Posted on 3/30/18 at 7:51 am to BestBanker
quote:Been There
South China Sea
Posted on 3/30/18 at 7:52 am to BestBanker
Hopefully it lands wherever the Parkland Brats are attention whoring.
Posted on 3/30/18 at 7:52 am to Mulat
Change the title so DavidTheGnome doesn't come in here.
Posted on 3/30/18 at 7:53 am to BestBanker
Isn’t Hydrazine unstable? Wouldn’t it likely blow up and be a relatively non issue?
Also seems more like a case of China refusing to admit they made a mistake rather than intentionally trying to damage the US with space junk.
Also seems more like a case of China refusing to admit they made a mistake rather than intentionally trying to damage the US with space junk.
Posted on 3/30/18 at 7:55 am to BestBanker
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Zhu Congpeng, from China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporate said: "We have been continuously monitoring Tiangong-1 and expect to allow it to fall within the first half of this year."
"It will burn up on entering the atmosphere and the remaining wreckage will fall into a designated area of the sea, without endangering the surface."
The odds of being struck by a space debris are one in 1.2trillion.
Tiangong-1, which means 'heavenly palace' in Chinese, is carrying a highly toxic chemical called hydrazine.
The material is used as rocket fuel, but exposure to humans is believed to cause symptoms like nausea and seizures, with long-term contact said to cause cancer.
quote:I don't think they know this for sure.
"It will burn up on entering the atmosphere and the remaining wreckage will fall into a designated area of the sea, without endangering the surface."
Posted on 3/30/18 at 8:12 am to BestBanker
Seriously, is there a reason we cannot blow this thing up if it threatens our country? I would assume we have the technology to do it.
Posted on 3/30/18 at 8:16 am to STEVED00
Would think that if we tried and failed, how that could make us look.
Also if we have this shoot-down technology, we might not want to expose it for this purpose?
There just seems to be quite a bit of Chinese news though. Trade war (is not a war), lifetime president Xi, NK meeting: first time Coolio leaves NK, etc.
Also if we have this shoot-down technology, we might not want to expose it for this purpose?
There just seems to be quite a bit of Chinese news though. Trade war (is not a war), lifetime president Xi, NK meeting: first time Coolio leaves NK, etc.
Posted on 3/30/18 at 8:18 am to BestBanker
I think we should send up 4 old dudes to fix it
Posted on 3/30/18 at 8:19 am to BestBanker
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Also if we have this shoot-down technology, we might not want to expose it for this purpose?
Exactly. See Coventry, England and Winston Churchill.
Posted on 3/30/18 at 8:20 am to STEVED00
NM
This post was edited on 3/30/18 at 8:21 am
Posted on 3/30/18 at 8:21 am to BestBanker
Posted on 3/30/18 at 8:21 am to BestBanker
Hydrazine is used in many power plants to scavenge dissolved oxygen in their boiler feedwater.
It's a health hazard for long term exposure but it's not going to blow up or anything.
It's a health hazard for long term exposure but it's not going to blow up or anything.
Posted on 3/30/18 at 8:24 am to Wtodd
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I think we should send up 4 old dudes to fix it
One is still on the moon and another has passed away. We'll need a couple of new old bloods to take their place. 
Posted on 3/30/18 at 8:27 am to Homesick Tiger
Well shite....someone call Sigourney Weaver, she's been in space a few times
Posted on 3/30/18 at 8:29 am to STEVED00
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Seriously, is there a reason we cannot blow this thing up if it threatens our country? I would assume we have the technology to do it.
And people laughed at Trump’s Space Force. You know what would useful right now? A Space Force.
Posted on 3/30/18 at 8:34 am to STEVED00
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Seriously, is there a reason we cannot blow this thing up if it threatens our country? I would assume we have the technology to do it.
IIRC we did blow up some space junk using a ship-based missile. However I think it was our stuff we blew up.
Posted on 3/30/18 at 8:39 am to Quidam65
If they drop their dookey on my property I will sue, and slap a lien on their US holdings to make sure I get paid
This post was edited on 3/30/18 at 8:41 am
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