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

Reply to Gidney N Cloyd (Reply #5)

Mon Jul 11, 2016, 02:50 PM

Jul 2016

It is even smaller than Skylab (US single module space station launched in the 70s).

The ISS in comparison weighs 150 tons.

Not throwing shade on the Chinese everyone has to start somewhere but when most people here Space Station they are probably thinking about something an order of magnitude larger.

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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