what goes up...

JFB · Mar 6, 2018

...comes down, and soon.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/06/chinas-tiangong-1-space-station-will-crash-to-earth-within-weeks

I didn't realize the Chinese had a space station

Jeepnik · Mar 6, 2018

Satellite, not a manned station.

Tallbald · Mar 7, 2018

Hoping myself to catch it with our fishing net in the back yard. Will wear my respirator and old motorcycle helmet, and have silicone BBQ gloves on in case it's still hot. Then sell the parts on Ebay, and buy a new-to-me truck. Hey. At least, unlike the Chinese in this case, I have a plan. Don.

mohavesam · Mar 7, 2018

Keep looking up!

Ale-8(1) · Mar 7, 2018

“If this should happen, any surviving debris would fall within a region that is a few hundred kilometres in size,”

"The report includes a map showing the module is expected to re-enter somewhere between 43° north and 43° south latitudes. The chances of re-entry are slightly higher in northern China, the Middle East, central Italy, northern Spain and the northern states of the US, New Zealand, Tasmania, parts of South America and southern Africa."

In other words, they haven't a clue . . . although Antarctica looks safe, maybe.

:roll: :shock: :roll:

Wyandot Jim · Mar 7, 2018

Jeepnik said:
Satellite, not a manned station.

Looks like a Space Station Sounds like a Space Station Reenters like a Space Station well it must be a Space Station.

China’s first space station is expected to come crashing down to Earth within weeks, but scientists have not been able to predict where the 8.5-tonne module will hit.

The Tiangong-1 or Heavenly Palace lab was launched in 2011 and described as a “potent political symbol” of China – part of a scientific push to become a space superpower.

It was used for both manned and unmanned missions and visited by China’s first female astronaut, Liu Yang, in 2012.