Chinese space station set to crash-land on Earth's surface within months

World | 207088 hits | Oct 16 7:00 am | Posted by: DrCaleb

A Chinese space station has begun its out-of-control descent towards Earth's surface and is expected to crash-land within a few months. Launched in 2011, the 8.5-ton Tiangong-1 space laboratory had originally been a symbol of Beijing's ambitious scientifi

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by Strutz
Wed Oct 18, 2017 3:33 am
Well hopefully any pieces that do make it through the atmosphere land where they do no harm.

While much of the craft is expected to burn up in Earth's atmosphere, McDowell also reportedly said that some parts weighing as much as 100 kilograms could crash-land to Earth with scientists unable to predict where they will come down until only hours beforehand.

Not much of a heads up then.

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