https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57013540
Debris from a Chinese rocket is expected to fall back to Earth in an uncontrolled re-entry this weekend.
The main segment from the Long March-5b vehicle was used to launch the first module of China's new space station last month.
Looks like we are outside the danger zone. Long March could result in a very Short May for someone if it lands on their head (ho ho ho..)
Seem very irresponsible of the Chinese - I can remember the fuss around Skylab many years ago
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Long March rocket section
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Re: Long March rocket section
AleisterCrowley wrote:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57013540
Debris from a Chinese rocket is expected to fall back to Earth in an uncontrolled re-entry this weekend.
The main segment from the Long March-5b vehicle was used to launch the first module of China's new space station last month.
Looks like we are outside the danger zone. Long March could result in a very Short May for someone if it lands on their head (ho ho ho..)
Seem very irresponsible of the Chinese - I can remember the fuss around Skylab many years ago
September 2011:
Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern will die tonight wrote:A NASA satellite is crashing to earth, out of control. Noone knows where it will land, but the chattering classes have been speculating on the risk of humans getting hit by it.
I just heard Prof. David Spiegelhalter on the wireless telling us the risk of getting hit was similar to the chance of 44 consecutive Heads on tossing a fair coin.
Stoppard fans among us know that 44 times is nothing. Do we need to resort to an Infinite Improbability Drive?
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Re: Long March rocket section
AleisterCrowley wrote:Seem very irresponsible of the Chinese - I can remember the fuss around Skylab many years ago
Do you think I need to dig out my old safety helmet?
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Re: Long March rocket section
bungeejumper wrote:Where can I get betting odds on Mar a Lago?
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There's no point in provoking the Russians like that.
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BobbyD wrote:There's no point in provoking the Russians like that.
Or the Americans. Roger McGough, from the height of the Cold War (1964):
https://www.angelfire.com/dragon/erzuli ... lsorts.htm
(Shudder)
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bungeejumper wrote:BobbyD wrote:There's no point in provoking the Russians like that.
Or the Americans. Roger McGough, from the height of the Cold War (1964):
https://www.angelfire.com/dragon/erzuli ... lsorts.htm
(Shudder)
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If Mar a Lago got hit half of Americans would be claiming that it was a false flag operation carried out by the half of the country which currently have the big red button. Biden wouldn't have time to consider a strike against anyone...
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