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lovuian

(19,362 posts) Mon Jul 11, 2016, 01:19 PM Jul 2016

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China’s space station is out of control could crash to Earth [View all]

http://metro.co.uk/2016/07/11/chinas-space-station-is-out-of-control-and-could-crash-to-earth-in-a-fireball-6000268/

A huge, orbiting Chinese space station could crash to Earth in a deadly fireball, space experts have warned.

Speaking to Space.com last month, several experts suggested that signs hint that the eight-ton Tiangong-1 space station is out of control.

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China’s space station is out of control could crash to Earth [View all] lovuian Jul 2016 OP

Failure Ptah Jul 2016 #1

Yep lovuian Jul 2016 #2

No, if we are lucky, it will land on the Republican Convention... FSogol Jul 2016 #3

Now where did I put my Skylab insurance? Throckmorton Jul 2016 #7

Trump hates the Chinese. milestogo Jul 2016 #4

Seems like a space station would weigh more than 8 tons. Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2016 #5

Those things are made out of mylar and aluminum. Act_of_Reparation Jul 2016 #6

But unmanned satellites can weigh more than that. I would have guessed anything that was built to... Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2016 #8

Well, 16,000 lbs is no wee payload. longship Jul 2016 #9

As far as space stations go it is pretty small. Smaller than a single module of the ISS. Statistical Jul 2016 #10

Crash and burn like all the other shit they make n/t doc03 Jul 2016 #11

That's disappointing DavidDvorkin Jul 2016 #12

Or they may still have some control muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #13

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