The sky is falling: Chinese booster could land on Melbourne

[Over The Post]

Trajectory of the Tianhe rocket booster. 22 tons of destruction, most of which is expected to burn up on re-entry but it also has a lot of non-combustible bits that will hit the ground.

Melbourne is on a direct firing line, so is my mum's place in NZ. Click image for full size.

Knowing my luck, I'll be valed at 13:43 on Sunday. Nice knowing you.

 

[Gough]

Hopefully it lands on top of Tim Smith.

 

[PT Bar None]

The excitement of Skylab all over again

 

[Billy ray]

where that graphic from? i wanna zoom in and see if i should go on a bender for my last weekend. maybe run on field at metricon, grab ball and kick a goal tomrow

 

[Hawk Dork]

is it too late to dig a bunker and get some more toilet paper ?

 

[imho]

can it not be redirected to beijing?

 

[Syd]

can it not be redirected to beijing?

They only EXPORT from China

 

[M Malice]

The excitement of Skylab all over again

First thing I thought of when I read the OP, I was 19 years old when that happened and I remember it being huge news.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I definitely understand what's going on in that picture.

Definitely.

 

[mr bagcroft]

Looks to me like its a each way bet to take out a polar bear and any surrounding penguins.
Thats about it.
Bear is gunna be upset though.

 

[Syd]

Looks to me like its a each way bet to take out a polar bear and any surrounding penguins.
Thats about it.
Bear is gunna be upset though.

Polar Bears live in the Arctic, near the North Pole
Penguins live in Antartica, near the South Pole

One big ******* piece of space junk if it takes both out

 

[Billy ray]

Polar Bears live in the Arctic, near the North Pole
Penguins live in Antartica, near the South Pole

One big ******* piece of space junk if it takes both out

At seaworld they are side by side. Could happen!

 

[mr bagcroft]

Polar Bears live in the Arctic, near the North Pole
Penguins live in Antartica, near the South Pole

One big ******* piece of space junk if it takes both out

Thanks Syd, I know I can always rely on you to correct me.

 

[Syd]

Thanks Syd, I know I can always rely on you to correct me.

That you can m7

 

[Mofra]

As long as it slows down if it goes through a school zone I don't really care

 

[mr bagcroft]

As long as it slows down if it goes through a school zone I don't really care

Ahhhhhhhhhh, thats gold ! Mofra...think you might get laid tonight, your just having one of those days it seems.

 

[Over The Post]

Looks to me like its a each way bet to take out a polar bear and any surrounding penguins.

You're looking at the terminator line which shows which part of the globe is in daylight and which is at night.

The yellow and blue lines are the path the rocket is taking in its orbit, neither of which are anywhere near the poles.

It is the yellow line directly over Melbourne that has me checking my hard hat and toilet paper supply.

 

[mr bagcroft]

You're looking at the terminator line which shows which part of the globe is in daylight and which is at night.

The yellow and blue lines are the path the rocket is taking in its orbit, neither of which are anywhere near the poles.

It is the yellow line directly over Melbourne that has me checking my hard hat and toilet paper supply.

Thank you. That makes alot more sense.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

The bit that's impressing me is how small the sun is. I've been lied to all this time.

 

[Scotland]

Did anyone else look at the picture and immediately say 'Set target: Servenaya' in a Russian accent?

 

[Split pea]

where did it land

 

[Hawk Dork]

where did it land

near the Maldives

 

[Richard Cranium]

near the Maldives

Is Michael Slater okay?

 

[Over The Post]

Haven't heard anything from him for a few days... you don't think... surely not