Out-of-control Chinese rocket booster will hurtle back to Earth on Sunday and could hit land in inhabited areas - with 88% of the world’s population living under the re-entry zone...
An out-of-control Chinese rocket booster will hurtle back to Earth on Sunday – and could hit land in populated areas. The falling space debris is the result of the Long March 5B launch on July 24 to deliver the Wentian experiment module to China's Tiangong Space Station.
Weighing around 22 metric tons (about 48,500 lb), it's set to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere at 00:24 BST on Sunday, give or take 16 hours either way, according to Aerospace Corporation.
The US nonprofit, which is tracking the debris, has highlighted a huge area of Earth where the debris could fall, but said it's 'still too early' to know exactly where.
More than 88 per cent of the world’s population lives under the potential re-entry area, which spans all of Africa, India, Australia, Central America, and my house. With my luck, it'll land on my truck...
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What are the odds that the Chinese rocket booster lands in Mecca where it takes out the Great Mosque and a large part of the city? All that could be said would be. "It was Allah's will".
ReplyDeleteIt'll burn up upon reentry. I suppose some of the engine parts could survive, but the earth is 70% water. Typical media doing the chicken little thing.
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