Diamond: Huge Rocket Booster Is Set For Uncontrolled Reentry Following Chinese Space Station Launch, will smack earth May 8-10

Or three gorges dam.

Calling Astroturd right now...

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Last time this happened...

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The Pentagon has said it is tracking a large Chinese rocket that is out of control and set to reenter Earth's atmosphere this weekend, raising concerns about where its debris may make impact.

The Chinese Long March 5B rocket is expected to enter Earth's atmosphere "around May 8," according to a statement from Defense Department spokesperson Mike Howard, who said the US Space Command is tracking the rocket's trajectory.
The rocket's "exact entry point into the Earth's atmosphere" can't be pinpointed until within hours of reentry, Howard said, but the 18th Space Control Squadron will provide daily updates on the rocket's location through the Space Track website. The rocket was used by the Chinese to launch part of their space station last week. While most space debris objects burn up in the atmosphere, the rocket's size -- 22 tons -- has prompted concern that large parts could reenter and cause damage if they hit inhabited areas.

"We expect it to reenter sometime between the eighth and 10th of May. And in that two day period, it goes around the world 30 times. The thing is traveling at like 18,000 miles an hour. And so if you're an hour out at guessing when it comes down, you're 18,000 miles out in saying where."

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Do they have a better time frame of when it will crash? I heard it would crash already but it doesn't sound like it has yet.

"We expect it to reenter sometime between the eighth and 10th of May. And in that two day period, it goes around the world 30 times. The thing is traveling at like 18,000 miles an hour. And so if you're an hour out at guessing when it comes down, you're 18,000 miles out in saying where."

I LIKE THE WAY THAT 'YOU' THINK, DUDE! IF U R A DUDE. AND EVEN IF YER KNOT UH DUDE, DUDE!..UH. CAPS.

ARE THEY EVEN ABLE TO GIVE U.S. A 'WINDOW' OF POSSIBLE RE-ENTRY YET???..

If we use our collective consciousness (by means of quantum entanglement (must think collectively in negative outcome state to affect positive outcome) we can send that Chinese space junk to Washington DC.

Supposed to fly over Houston (11 deg up from Horizon, moving from the South to the East) at 15 minutes to Midnight tonight.


Hope it keeps going.

Last Edited by JustmeTX on 05/05/2021 04:47 PM

Perigee is closest and apogee is furthest like you said.

I remember that by thinking if a girl has a nice pair you want to be close, and if she looks like an ape you want to be far.

Its a memory aid that has worked worked for more than 70 years.

Perigee: 166.3 km
Apogee: 292.5 km

The orbit has degraded a bit slower than I thought it was but it's still on course for a may 9th reentry.

Could change at any moment though. With so many variables it could end up anywhere between the 8th and the 10th.

Want to say the early morning of the 9th but I'm posting the prediction so I now the GLP effect will prove me wrong.

"The United States is committed to addressing the risks of growing congestion due to space debris and growing activity in space," White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Wednesday. "We want to work with the international community to promote leadership and responsible space behaviors. It's in the shared interests of all nations to act responsibly in space to ensure the safety, stability, security and long-term sustainability of outer space activities."

Space law is a complex network of treaties and agreements that largely says launching states are responsible for the debris that missions generate, whether they are government or commercial missions. If debris damage occurs, the United Nations' Outer Space Treaty liability convention suggests a launching state "shall be absolutely liable to pay compensation for damage caused by its space objects on the surface of the Earth or to aircraft, and liable for damage due to its faults in space."

The only time this convention was invoked was in 1978, when a nuclear-powered Soviet satellite called Kosmos 954 spread radiation-laden debris across the Canadian Arctic, forcing an urgent and expensive cleanup. The nations settled the matter for $3 million Canadian in 1981 (roughly $9 million CDN or $7.5 million USD in today's dollars.)

Psaki said that, if damage occurs from the Long March 5B debris, the White House will consult with U.S. Space Command and the Department of Defense for advice. But she didn't elaborate on what would happen next.

"At this point, we are certainly tracking its location through U.S. Space Command," Psaki said. "Hopefully, that's not the outcome that we are working through."

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So where it land?

Its a mystery.