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Chinese rocket debris expected to hit earth on May 8th, but nobody knows where
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*Estimated landing time is Saturday May 8th *The location of the debris will be known only hours before its reentry *The rocket is traveling at a speed of 18,000mph *Rocket is in orbit and will be falling back to earth uncontrolled https://www.spacecom.mil/News/Articl...pace-trackorg/ |
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Meh it'll land in the ocean. The sky isn't falling brahs.
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05-06-2021, 03:26 PM | #4 |
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Actually that is not known, but based on probability, perhaps since the ocean covers 70% of earth's surface. Most of the debris will probably burn up before impacting earth but there is a history of some getting through. China also has a history of this. When they launched another rocket of the same class debris ended up hitting populated areas in the Ivory Coast.
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It shouldn't bother you, since Canada is north of 41.5 degrees latitude and therefore is not in the orbital path:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/chin...ntry-1.6013654 I can say for 100% certainty that it is going to crash on my house this weekend...because I just washed my car!!!!!
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They can land a go kart carrying a helicopter on fucking Mars but they have no idea where this thing will land?
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Well when it misses all of us, we can go post in the "Today was a good day..." thread.
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...or takes out Brooklyn.....
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I think that most man-made orbiting items (in decaying orbits) burn up in the atmosphere before hitting the ground. As to the larger orbiting items, their size decreases somewhat as they burn during re-entry.
So who knows.
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https://www.n2yo.com/?s=48275 If someone is starting a Maidenhead locator grid pool, I'll take GL because there's nothing out there but the fishes to hit: Remember, latitudes A-D and O-R are absolutely out of play because of this object's orbital inclination.....
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No. Just someone who was chained to a 1970's computer in high school, and forced to enter daily Keplerian element updates for two dozen objects in orbit and then print all above-horizon orbital passes for the day.....
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