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Ground control to Xi Jinping
May 6^th, 2021 at 6:47pm

Take your WuFlu vac and put that pangolin down.

An out-of-control Chinese rocket is hurtling back to Earth. When will we know where it's going to land?

Space agencies are tracking the path of a Chinese rocket that is predicted to fall back to Earth some time in the next few days.

Last week, the Long March 5B rocket launched the first stage of the Chinese space station Tianhe into low-Earth orbit.

Under international guidelines, rockets are supposed to return to Earth in a controlled way, but the 30-metre-long rocket is spiralling out of control.

Weighing around 22.5 tonnes, it's one of the most massive pieces of space junk to make an uncontrolled re-entry to Earth.

"This is probably among the top 10 largest objects to come down in one piece," said space junk expert Ted Muelhaupt of the Aerospace Corporation, a not-for-profit organisation that advises US government space and defence agencies.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-05-06/chinese-long-march-5b-rocket-trac...

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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 120696 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Ground control to Xi Jinping Reply #1 - May 6^th, 2021 at 7:00pm We have Covid hitting us on the ground and space junk hitting us from above. Is it a further sign of the End Times?
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Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21872 Gordon Gender:	Re: Ground control to Xi Jinping Reply #2 - May 6^th, 2021 at 7:04pm Bobby. wrote on May 6^th, 2021 at 7:00pm: We have Covid hitting us on the ground and space junk hitting us from above. Is it a further sign of the End Times? Imagine if it hit The Whitehouse?
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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21119 Gender:	Re: Ground control to Xi Jinping Reply #3 - May 6^th, 2021 at 7:09pm By international treaty they are supposed to have demolition charges. The Chinese ? uh-uh.
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 120696 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Ground control to Xi Jinping Reply #4 - May 6^th, 2021 at 7:13pm Gordon wrote on May 6^th, 2021 at 7:04pm: Bobby. wrote on May 6^th, 2021 at 7:00pm: We have Covid hitting us on the ground and space junk hitting us from above. Is it a further sign of the End Times? Imagine if it hit The Whitehouse? It will most likely hit in the Southern Pacific Ocean.
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NorthOfNorth Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 17258 Gender:	Re: Ground control to Xi Jinping Reply #5 - May 6^th, 2021 at 7:46pm Gordon wrote on May 6^th, 2021 at 7:04pm: Bobby. wrote on May 6^th, 2021 at 7:00pm: We have Covid hitting us on the ground and space junk hitting us from above. Is it a further sign of the End Times? Imagine if it hit The Whitehouse? More chance it'll hit a Bunnings, Woolies or a Harvey Norman store.
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Re: Ground control to Xi Jinping
Reply #6 - May 6^th, 2021 at 8:10pm

NorthOfNorth wrote on May 6^th, 2021 at 7:46pm:

Gordon wrote on May 6^th, 2021 at 7:04pm:

Bobby. wrote on May 6^th, 2021 at 7:00pm:

We have Covid hitting us on the ground and
space junk hitting us from above.

Is it a further sign of the End Times?

Imagine if it hit The Whitehouse?

More chance it'll hit a Bunnings, Woolies or a Harvey Norman store.

True, but imagine....IF

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Re: Ground control to Xi Jinping
Reply #7 - May 6^th, 2021 at 8:45pm

Gordon wrote on May 6^th, 2021 at 6:47pm:

Take your WuFlu vac and put that pangolin down.

An out-of-control Chinese rocket is hurtling back to Earth. When will we know where it's going to land?

Space agencies are tracking the path of a Chinese rocket that is predicted to fall back to Earth some time in the next few days.

Last week, the Long March 5B rocket launched the first stage of the Chinese space station Tianhe into low-Earth orbit.

Under international guidelines, rockets are supposed to return to Earth in a controlled way, but the 30-metre-long rocket is spiralling out of control.

Weighing around 22.5 tonnes, it's one of the most massive pieces of space junk to make an uncontrolled re-entry to Earth.

"This is probably among the top 10 largest objects to come down in one piece," said space junk expert Ted Muelhaupt of the Aerospace Corporation, a not-for-profit organisation that advises US government space and defence agencies.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-05-06/chinese-long-march-5b-rocket-trac...

Made in China , Lol. they need to concentrate where their expertise lies, sneakers and t shirts.

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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21119 Gender:	Re: Ground control to Xi Jinping Reply #8 - May 6^th, 2021 at 9:03pm rhino wrote on May 6^th, 2021 at 8:45pm: Made in China , Lol. they need to concentrate where their expertise lies, sneakers and t shirts. Sorry. That's incorrect English. they need to concentrate on there expertise - lies, sneakers and t-shirts.
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 120696 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Ground control to Xi Jinping Reply #9 - May 6^th, 2021 at 9:09pm lee wrote on May 6^th, 2021 at 9:03pm: rhino wrote on May 6^th, 2021 at 8:45pm: Made in China , Lol. they need to concentrate where their expertise lies, sneakers and t shirts. Sorry. That's incorrect English. they need to concentrate on there expertise - lies, sneakers and t-shirts. their.
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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21119 Gender:	Re: Ground control to Xi Jinping Reply #10 - May 6^th, 2021 at 9:50pm Yep. I was wrong too.
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AiA Gold Member Offline Posts: 18405 Gender:	Re: Ground control to Xi Jinping Reply #11 - May 7^th, 2021 at 3:25am Gordon wrote on May 6^th, 2021 at 7:04pm: Bobby. wrote on May 6^th, 2021 at 7:00pm: We have Covid hitting us on the ground and space junk hitting us from above. Is it a further sign of the End Times? Imagine if it hit The Whitehouse? Imagine if it hit Mar-a-Lago ...
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Carl D Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11128 Rivervale, Perth Gender:	Re: Ground control to Xi Jinping Reply #12 - May 9^th, 2021 at 9:41am lol. https://twitter.com/WorstAustralian/status/1390591224696897540 Memories of Skylab in 1979 come flooding back...
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Reply #13 - May 9^th, 2021 at 9:53am

Chinese rocket expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere around 2pm today, experts say

https://www.9news.com.au/world/chinese-rocket-expected-to-crash-into-earth-this-...

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A large Chinese rocket that is out of control is set to re-enter Earth's atmosphere this afternoon, bringing a final wave of concern before its debris makes impact somewhere on Earth.
The Long March 5B rocket, which is around 30 metres tall and weighs 20 tonnes, has already entered the re-entered low orbit, with The US Aerospace Corporation forecasting it will re-enter the atmosphere at roughly 2.15pm today.

I see one of the predicted tracks takes it right over Perth... better put my hard hat on when I go outside later. Shocked

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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25418 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Ground control to Xi Jinping Reply #14 - May 16^th, 2021 at 5:11pm Canberra: Haha! You missed us.
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