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Massive 20-ton chunk from China's failed rocket that fell to Earth Monday missed hitting New York City by MINUTES
2020-05-14
More on this story from a few days ago.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • China launched a Long March 5B rocket into orbit this month, but it malfunctioned in a week

  • A 20-ton piece fell back to Earth and missed hitting New York City by minutes

  • If it re-entered the atmosphere 15 minutes earlier, it would have hit the Big Apple

  • The Chinese rocket carrying an experimental craft into orbit launched on May 5
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Posted by:Skidmark

#11  Don't you mean "...Europe's failed rocket...?" - Gov. Cuomo.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources   2020-05-14 20:33  

#10  "Damn! We missed it by 'this_much'."
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-05-14 17:06  

#9  How could I tell it was a Daily Mailâ„¢ article from the title?
Posted by: magpie   2020-05-14 13:52  

#8  #5 This is ostly hysterics. It takes minutes from point of reentry to surface. Just about any city on earth, including China is only minutes from being hit.

But Noo Yawk is speh-shul! Speeeh-shuuulll!
Posted by: charger   2020-05-14 13:20  

#7  15 Minutes.

Fggin hate news people.

And of course it has to be fggn New York, not some other place.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-05-14 11:40  

#6  hysteria hysteria
Posted by: Chris   2020-05-14 11:19  

#5  This is ostly hysterics. It takes minutes from point of reentry to surface. Just about any city on earth, including China is only minutes from being hit.

If there was any real danger to an US city, I'm sure the military (NORAD?) and NASA, etc. would be allover it, with a plan to deflect it.
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance   2020-05-14 10:56  

#4  ChiCom symps in NYC would have blamed Trump.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-05-14 09:18  

#3  Shot across the borough bow?
Posted by: Clem   2020-05-14 06:33  

#2  Warning shot?
You'd think someone is sending them a message?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-05-14 06:27  

#1  The Big Apple missed second Chinese gift?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-05-14 03:00  

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