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China’s 9½-ton space lab will soon crash to Earth
« on: March 08, 2018, 1300 UTC »
China’s 9½-ton space lab will soon crash to Earth. Scientists think they know where — sort of.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/03/07/china-space-lab/?utm_term=.d5312c3a0344

Heads up, Spain and Portugal. And France. Maybe you, too, Greece.

China's 9½-ton space station, Tiangong-1, will come falling from space soon, and it's predicted to head in that general direction.
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Re: China’s 9½-ton space lab will soon crash to Earth
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2018, 1959 UTC »
do you think it will burn up in the atmosphere before it hits the ground ?
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Re: China’s 9½-ton space lab will soon crash to Earth
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2018, 2206 UTC »
According to the experts, in this article, 10 to 40 percent or 2000 to 8000 lbs of the Chinese space lab will re-enter the earths atmosphere. Not to worry most of it will be in pieces.....https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/31/16830890/chinese-space-station-tiangong-1-debris-falling-to-earth
« Last Edit: March 08, 2018, 2209 UTC by Traveling Wave »
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Re: China’s 9½-ton space lab will soon crash to Earth
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2018, 0222 UTC »
can we shoot penguins at it, knock it down?  ;)
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Re: China’s 9½-ton space lab will soon crash to Earth
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2018, 0319 UTC »
Why are people here so obsessed with penguins? It makes no sense.

can we shoot penguins at it, knock it down?  ;)

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Re: China’s 9½-ton space lab will soon crash to Earth
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2018, 0412 UTC »
« Last Edit: March 09, 2018, 0417 UTC by seventree »
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Re: China’s 9½-ton space lab will soon crash to Earth
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2018, 1729 UTC »
Penguins are tricky creatures.....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAkq_FGe2Zg
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Re: China’s 9½-ton space lab will soon crash to Earth
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2018, 0101 UTC »
Didn't want to watch, cuz cartoons are lame, but it did make me giggle.
From now on I stay away from all penguins, didn't know they could be so tricky.
Thanks for explaining the whole penguin phenomenon going on here.  :o
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Re: China’s 9½-ton space lab will soon crash to Earth
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2018, 1505 UTC »
I have a little stuffed Penguin sitting on his little red chair over my operating position... and I bet he can stay in the air longer than the crappy Chinese junk that ends up crashing to earth...

BTW this isn't what they say it is anyway...  hoping not to lose face the PRC called it a 'space lab' when in fact it is nothing more than a copy of an old outhouse design that some guys (and 1 gal) printed up as a joke... from a University computer center...   It was a boring day and no one wanted to work so...  Well things being what they are China got a copy of this drawing and thought it was the print of a super secret NSA spy bird....  HA!  the laugh is on them once again :-)

And that's that about that... kinda sorta...
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Re: China’s 9½-ton space lab will soon crash to Earth
« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2018, 1546 UTC »
It will be contained at the Shady Acres Trailer Park and Retirement Community. Some brave soul has climbed up on his roof and spray painted, "Hey China! I betcha can't hit this trailer. I triple dog dare you!"

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Re: China’s 9½-ton space lab will soon crash to Earth
« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2018, 2058 UTC »
What are the odds China scores a double eagle and a bogey plus a hole in one and possibly a triple lindy on Al's lodgings?
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