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re: Huge rocket looks set for uncontrolled reentry following Chinese space station launch

Posted on 5/6/21 at 3:07 pm to
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 5/6/21 at 3:07 pm to
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And NASA had an asteroid simulation a week or so ago? They just might know where it's going without saying they know where it's going.



I'm pretty sure they know where it's going to enter our atmosphere. After that it's total chaos and almost impossible to predict.
Posted by HailToTheChiz
Back in Auburn
Member since Aug 2010
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Posted on 5/6/21 at 3:07 pm to
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And NASA had an asteroid simulation a week or so ago? They just might know where it's going without saying they know where it's going.


They absolutely know where it's going to fall. They aren't saying anything because alerting the public would lead to mass panic
Posted by Nawlens Gator
louisiana
Member since Sep 2005
5909 posts
Posted on 5/6/21 at 3:11 pm to
Is it an act of war if it lands in the US?
Xi Biden wants to know so he can get the white flag ready.

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This post was edited on 5/6/21 at 3:12 pm
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
156540 posts
Posted on 5/7/21 at 6:41 am to
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A skywatcher in Italy has spotted a huge Chinese rocket core falling uncontrolled from orbit, as the White House weighed in on the tricky international situation.

The core stage of a Long March 5B rocket is expected to slam into Earth's atmosphere Saturday (May 8) or thereabouts, although nobody can pinpoint the date, time or location yet. Such predictions can generally only be made just hours before impact, because atmospheric drag changes significantly as solar activity shifts.

Odds are the 23-ton (21 metric tons) piece of space debris will break apart high in the atmosphere and largely burn up, experts say, with any remaining pieces hitting uninhabited areas, as 70% of Earth's surface is covered in ocean. But again: We don't know that for sure.

LINK
Circle back Jen pipes in with a canned speech

I wouldn't trust her to tell me it's raining when big foot pees.
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
156540 posts
Posted on 5/7/21 at 9:58 am to
Milley and Lloyd

US Military has no plans right now to shoot down Chinese rocket returning to Earth this weekend

Milley always looks like he has a corncob shoved up his arse. I wouldn't trust either one to tell me the sky is blue.
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
156540 posts
Posted on 5/7/21 at 10:08 am to
Lloyd smiled when asked a very serious question in the video link
Posted by Texas Yarddog
Member since Apr 2018
2985 posts
Posted on 5/7/21 at 10:16 am to
US military shouldn't. If they did, it could be claimed that they changed the trajectory of the debris field. Then it would be the world against the US (as usual) instead of "aw shucks, those pesky Chinese screwed up again".
Posted by MoarKilometers
Member since Apr 2015
19813 posts
Posted on 5/7/21 at 11:25 am to
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They absolutely know where it's going to fall. They aren't saying anything because alerting the public would lead to mass panic

We couldn't predict where skylab was gonna fall, despite having ability to fire boosters that could change its trajectory.
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
156540 posts
Posted on 5/8/21 at 5:59 pm to
earlier they predicted a landing in the Atlantic. Now it is the Pacific.

Massive-18-ton-chunk-Chinas-Long-March-space-rocket-set-crash-Earth-TONIGHT
Posted by harmonics
Mars Hotel
Member since Jan 2010
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Posted on 5/8/21 at 6:18 pm to
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earlier they predicted a landing in the Atlantic. Now it is the Pacific.


RIP Lincoln Nebraska
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
171659 posts
Posted on 5/8/21 at 6:19 pm to
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earlier they predicted a landing in the Atlantic. Now it is the Pacific.


I haven't seen a cone shift that far since hurricane season
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
156540 posts
Posted on 5/8/21 at 6:24 pm to
Russia's prediction



Random God knows who predictions

Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
171659 posts
Posted on 5/8/21 at 6:26 pm to
Lol that one has a line right over my head
Posted by BobBoucher
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 5/8/21 at 6:37 pm to
Live tracker:

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This post was edited on 5/8/21 at 6:39 pm
Posted by Landmass
Member since Jun 2013
21088 posts
Posted on 5/8/21 at 6:41 pm to
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China wants to unify with a certain island to it east I hear.


Yes, China cannot stand that the Republic of China still exists as a nation.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
171659 posts
Posted on 5/8/21 at 6:42 pm to
The danger zone is 40 north to 40 south

Just how fricked are we
Posted by NC_Tigah
Make Orwell Fiction Again
Member since Sep 2003
130895 posts
Posted on 5/8/21 at 6:42 pm to
quote:

Is it an act of war if it lands in the US?
quote:

Xi Biden
... there is your answer.
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
156540 posts
Posted on 5/8/21 at 6:51 pm to
it was over Australia, I went and did something and it it now near New Zealand and suddenly has an earth re entry for bout tree fiddy.
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
156540 posts
Posted on 5/8/21 at 6:58 pm to
I am trying to do the math but the little screen to the left goes fast. it is traveling at 17,500 miles per hour and ...
Posted by PsychTiger
Member since Jul 2004
104278 posts
Posted on 5/8/21 at 7:00 pm to
That second projection is alarming. Joe should immediately gather with both houses of Congress, Kamala, and his entire cabinet in the Capitol for safety.
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