Everyone, get your hard hats ready
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 7:25 am
I'm surprised Chicken Little hasn't already warned us.
China's space station 'out of control' and on crash course to Earth
China's space station 'out of control' and on crash course to Earth
‘Natural’ re-entry to atmosphere means it is almost impossible to know where debris will land
Officials have now confirmed that after four and a half years in orbit, Tiangong-1 (meaning Heavenly Palace) is expected to plummet to Earth in late 2017.
I think the coroner won't use the term "nasty wallop" as the cause of death. More like "cataclysmic impact".“There will be lumps of about 100kg or so, still enough to give you a nasty wallop if it hit you,” he added.
Mark you calendars. Wait, we can't, yet.“You really can’t steer these things,” he said. “Even a couple of days before it re-enters we probably won’t know better than six or seven hours, plus or minus, when it’s going to come down. Not knowing when it’s going to come down translates as not knowing where it’s going to come down.”