A Chinese space station will crash into Earth in a matter of months - and it could kill anyone who is standing beneath.
The 8.5-ton Tiangong-1, or “Heavenly Palace”, satellite is now out of control and is doomed to plunge into the atmosphere, a top academic has warned.
“I expect it will come down a few months from now – late 2017 or early 2018,” Jonathan McDowell, a Harvard University astrophysicist, told The Guardian.
He previously warned that there was no way of telling exactly where the space station was going to plunge to Earth.
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ReplyDeleteI hope it lands on the Capitol Building.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you should go back to North Korea
DeleteWait for them to say it was a missile or bomb and try to start war...
ReplyDelete1:24 you are a moron. Get of the crack Pipe and get a job.
ReplyDeleteMost of the Earth is covered in water, so the odds are that it will crash into the ocean...
ReplyDeleteshoot it down when it enters the atmosphere. There is that technology.
ReplyDeleteHey skippy it's already coming down. One really big piece is better than several regular big pieces.
DeleteIf it was made in China it will burn up before it hits.
ReplyDeleteI really hope it lands on Hillary.
ReplyDeleteDemocrats have to first exploit the crisis and they we can blow it up or force it to land wherever we want it to land.
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