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| Tiangong 1 re-enters over South Pacific |
| 2018-04-02 |
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| Posted by:3dc |
| #12 From Al Ahram: Brad Tucker, an astrophysicist at Australian National University, said the remnants of Tiangong-1 appeared to have landed about 100 km (62 miles) northwest of Tahiti. "Small bits definitely will have made it to the surface," he told Reuters, adding that while about 90 percent would have burnt up in the atmosphere and just 10 percent made it to the ground, that fraction still amounted to 700 kg (1,543 lb) to 800 kg (1,764 lb). "Most likely the debris is in the ocean, and even if people stumbled over it, it would just look like rubbish in the ocean and be spread over a huge area of thousands of square kilometres." So much for the watch they’re keeping up in Michigan. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-04-02 23:05 |
| #11 I was hoping for impact in Central Texas...I've got some "relatives" there and of course there is that university in Austin I can do without. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-04-02 14:59 |
| #10 I understand it they almost had the ship parallel parked when someone's elbow hit the switch for the Tesla autopilot. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-04-02 13:42 |
| #9 Can't trust those Chinese tracking systems, Raj. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-04-02 10:47 |
| #8 You were supposed to take out my asshole cousin's house, guys... |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-04-02 09:59 |
| #7 I was hoping for a Fairfax County impact. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-04-02 07:27 |
| #6 ...like a lot of things in the news. Now back to that Russian collusion. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-04-02 07:25 |
| #5 Such a buildup and so disappointing. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-04-02 06:06 |
| #4 Better there than here. Although I really wouldn't mind if it had landed on some of the Flat Earth idiots |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2018-04-02 06:05 |
| #3 The Chinese made space station avoided the US due to new tariffs. |
| Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-04-02 00:42 |
| #2 DWO - Driving while Oriental |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-04-02 00:09 |
| #1 Asian drivers strike again! |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-04-02 00:03 |