The guy on there said that most of the station will be burned up as it travels toward earth.It is interesting that they are able to guesstimate the path of travel and landing zone of an uncontrolled hunk of junk.
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The guy on there said that most of the station will be burned up as it travels toward earth.It is interesting that they are able to guesstimate the path of travel and landing zone of an uncontrolled hunk of junk.
I've been hearing a school bus size chunk will still impact earth.
Probably more than one too.....that's certainly big enough to do some serious damage.I've been hearing a school bus size chunk will still impact earth.
Probably more than one too.....that's certainly big enough to do some serious damage.
Yeah. Hopefully it misses people.
What if it hurts someone or destroys property,should the Chinese government be held liable?Yeah. Hopefully it misses people.
What if it hurts someone or destroys property,should the Chinese government be held liable?
That's what I was kinda getting at. Whether it hits someone or something or not, being responsible for your space junk will become a topic.
It should,I heard that there is quite a bit of junk floating around up there.
I would think the brains out there would be able to nail the time better.The guy on there said that most of the station will be burned up as it travels toward earth.It is interesting that they are able to guesstimate the path of travel and landing zone of an uncontrolled hunk of junk.
Oh yeah? How so?....the guy in the link basically said that the junk could land anywhere in the country..... from Texas to New York lol.I would think the brains out there would be able to nail the time better.
Hello; There is a lot. So much so that at some point in the future we may be essentially trapped on earth. As the many thousands of space junk in stable orbits collide with each other they make more space junk. For decades we have been launching lots of stuff with no future thought of the consequences. If I recall correctly to reach earth orbit things need to be boosted to 17,000 MPH or so. So even small stuff going that fast can take out satellites and space stations.there is quite a bit of junk floating around up there.
the brains out there would be able to nail the time better.
Hello; I think the problem may be that the orbit is decaying as it encounters drag from the thin upper atmosphere. That upper atmosphere is in flux and it is hard to predict just when the atmospheric drag will be more or less intense.