Sdiver
03-24-2018, 10:39
Get yer umbrellas out .... :munchin
Out-of-control Chinese space station will 'crash into Earth over Easter weekend' with New York and southern Europe in the firing line
China's out-of-control space station will crash into Earth this coming Easter weekend, according to the European Space Agency.
The agency's Space Debris Office has said Tiangong-1 will hit somewhere across our planet's northern hemisphere between March 30 and April 2.
Previous estimates suggested the rogue station, which is carrying highly toxic chemicals, would enter Earth's orbit on April 3.
According to experts tracking the station, it has the highest chance of crashing along a narrow strip around latitudes of 43 degrees north and south.
This includes a number of highly populated cities including New York, Barcelona, Beijing, Chicago, Istanbul, Rome and Toronto.
The ESA said crash date estimates were 'highly variable' and that its experts would be offering revised forecasts every couple of days.
'At no time will a precise time/location prediction from ESA be possible,' the agency's Space Debris Office, based in Darmstadt, Germany, said in a statement.
'This forecast was updated approximately weekly through to mid-March, and is now being updated every 1~2 days.'
The doomed 8.5-tonne craft has been hurtling towards Earth since Chinese scientists lost control of it in 2016.
Experts believe most of Tiangong-1 will burn up upon reentry, but shards as large as 100kg (220lbs) could strike Earth.
Scientist believe that even in 'high risk' areas, the chance of being struck by Tiangong-1 debris is about one million times smaller than the odds of winning the Powerball jack.
However, there is a chance parts of the station containing hazardous hydrazine could plummet into a highly-populated area.
Continued, here ---> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5536287/Chinese-space-station-crash-Earth-Easter-weekend.html?ito=social-facebook
Out-of-control Chinese space station will 'crash into Earth over Easter weekend' with New York and southern Europe in the firing line
China's out-of-control space station will crash into Earth this coming Easter weekend, according to the European Space Agency.
The agency's Space Debris Office has said Tiangong-1 will hit somewhere across our planet's northern hemisphere between March 30 and April 2.
Previous estimates suggested the rogue station, which is carrying highly toxic chemicals, would enter Earth's orbit on April 3.
According to experts tracking the station, it has the highest chance of crashing along a narrow strip around latitudes of 43 degrees north and south.
This includes a number of highly populated cities including New York, Barcelona, Beijing, Chicago, Istanbul, Rome and Toronto.
The ESA said crash date estimates were 'highly variable' and that its experts would be offering revised forecasts every couple of days.
'At no time will a precise time/location prediction from ESA be possible,' the agency's Space Debris Office, based in Darmstadt, Germany, said in a statement.
'This forecast was updated approximately weekly through to mid-March, and is now being updated every 1~2 days.'
The doomed 8.5-tonne craft has been hurtling towards Earth since Chinese scientists lost control of it in 2016.
Experts believe most of Tiangong-1 will burn up upon reentry, but shards as large as 100kg (220lbs) could strike Earth.
Scientist believe that even in 'high risk' areas, the chance of being struck by Tiangong-1 debris is about one million times smaller than the odds of winning the Powerball jack.
However, there is a chance parts of the station containing hazardous hydrazine could plummet into a highly-populated area.
Continued, here ---> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5536287/Chinese-space-station-crash-Earth-Easter-weekend.html?ito=social-facebook