China lost control over a rocket delivering a section of the Tiangong space station

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I just wanted to type something here to make it the trifecta of shotty english onlin e :slight_smile:

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tank you

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To me it means things are not going that smoothly in China, and all this is a show for internal propaganda.

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It’s about a month too early for that.

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My understanding is that this is a habit for China. They constantly just blow shit up in space without collaborating with other space agencies and have been criticized for dangerously contributing to space junk without care.

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We’re probably going to have to vaporize all that crap someday.

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The CCP? Agreed…

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Still, nobody knows for sure where the rocket stage will land. If I had to bet, I would say repeat of last year’s out-of-control rocket, landing off the coast of Western Africa, maybe a triangle between Cape Verde, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and Mauritania.

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My hope is an island china has stolen and built military basses on. That would be amazingly ironic.

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Hitting a section of the Great Wall would be fantastic.

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Nah, then the Mingolians would have to pay for it (with their daughters or organs)

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How are the mighty fallen …

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Since it’s not entering the atmosphere at the correct angle and ‘skipping’, I guess it’s a bit like predicting where a roulette wheel is going to stop.

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Not just where, but also when. Sounds like fun.

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Except everyone loses, and nobody goes home with $50,000 in their pocket, three cheap hookers, and a bag of Colombian marching powder.

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Well, there’s a 70% chance it ends up in the ocean… so it might not be too bad.

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Predict where 2021-035B will impact after re-entry

  • the Pacific
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  • Somewhere in China
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  • Taiwan
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Both polls end May 15 or when 2021-035B crashes, whichever comes first. Make your prediction before that.

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Colombian

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